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/mus'ki tear"/, n.a soldier armed with a musket.[1580-90; MUSKET + -EER; cf. F mousquetaire, equiv. to mousquet musket + -aire -ARY]
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Musketeer — Mus ket*eer , n. [F. mousquetaire; cf. It. moschettiere.] A soldier armed with a musket. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
musketeer — (n.) soldier armed with a musket, 1580s, from MUSKET (Cf. musket) + EER (Cf. eer), or else from Fr. mousquetaire, from mousquette (see MUSKET (Cf. musket)) … Etymology dictionary
musketeer — ► NOUN historical 1) a soldier armed with a musket. 2) a member of the household troops of the French king in the 17th and 18th centuries … English terms dictionary
musketeer — [mus΄kə tir′] n. [Fr mousquetaire] a soldier armed with a musket … English World dictionary
Musketeer — For other uses of this term, see Musketeer (disambiguation). A Dutch musketeer by Jacob van Gheyn in 1608. A musketeer (French: mousquetaire) was an early modern type of infantry soldier equipped with a musket. Musketeers were an imp … Wikipedia
musketeer — UK [ˌmʌskəˈtɪə(r)] / US [ˈmʌskəˌtɪr] noun [countable] Word forms musketeer : singular musketeer plural musketeers 1) a soldier who used a musket 2) a French soldier who guarded the French king in the 17th and 18th centuries … English dictionary
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Musketeer (disambiguation) — A musketeer is an early modern type of infantry soldier equipped with a musket. Musketeer may also refer to: Beechcraft Musketeer, a trainer aircraft from Beechcraft Musketeer Records, a record label Xavier Musketeers, a United States college… … Wikipedia
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musketeer — noun Etymology: modification of Middle French mousquetaire, from mousquet Date: 1590 1. a soldier armed with a musket 2. [from the musketeers friendship in the novel Les Trois Mousquetaires (1844) by Alexandre Dumas] a good friend ; buddy … New Collegiate Dictionary
