An exclamation of joy, approval, or triumph; a cheer. Used to express enthusiasm or celebration.
Possibly from sailors' cries, related to 'hoise' (hoist) or from hunting cries. First recorded in the late 17th century, it may derive from Germanic exclamations or from the practice of shouting while raising sails or flags in celebration.
Huzzah was the standard military cheer in the British Army until it was replaced by 'hurrah' in the 19th century - you can still hear it in historical films and Revolutionary War reenactments. The word captures the exuberant spirit of an age when public celebration was more theatrical and formal than today's casual cheering.
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