Obs. [a. F. argoulet.] A light-armed horse-soldier; orig. a mounted bowman.
c. 1580. Peele, Batt. Alcazar, Wks. II. 95. Pisano, take a cornet of our horse, As many argolets.
1687. Spon’s Hist. Geneva, 133. Troops of Argoulets or light Horsemen.
