musketeer

musketeer
Synonyms and related words:
Nimrod, Zouave, archer, artilleryman, bersagliere, bowman, cannoneer, carabineer, chasseur, crack shot, dead shot, deadeye, dogface, doughfoot, expert rifleman, foot soldier, footslogger, fusileer, good shot, grenadier, grunt, gun, gunman, gunner, hunter, infantryman, light infantryman, marksman, markswoman, paddlefoot, rifle, rifleman, sharpshooter, shooter, shot, sniper, targetshooter, toxophilite, trapshooter

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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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

  • Musketeer Records — Type Private Industry Music Founded August 2000 Headquarters Headquarters: Johannesburg Offi …   Wikipedia

  • Musketeer Regiment Prinz Carl — Active 18th century Country Hesse Kassel (or Hesse Cassel) Allegiance Hessian Auxiliaries of the British Army Type In …   Wikipedia

  • 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

  • Musketeer Gripweed — Proben zu Give Peace a Chance (1969) John Winston Lennon (später John Winston Ono Lennon), MBE (* 9. Oktober 1940 in Liverpool, England; † 8. Dezember 1980 in New York …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 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

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