bersagliere

American  

[ber-suhl-yair-ee, ber-sah-lye-re] / ˌbɛr səlˈjɛər i, ˌbɛr sɑˈljɛ rɛ /

noun

• bersaglieri
  plural

1. one of a class of riflemen or sharpshooters in the Italian army.

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bersagliere British  

/ ˌbɛəsɑːˈljɛərɪ /

noun

1. a member of a rifle regiment in the Italian Army

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bersaglieri
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of bersagliere

1860–65; < Italian: literally, marksman, equivalent to bersagl ( io ) target (< Old French bersail; bers ( er ) to hunt (perhaps < Germanic; compare Middle High German birsen, German birschen, pirschen to hunt) + -ail noun suffix) + -iere -ary

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bersagliere bersaglieri

It was not so fast as the running step of the Italian bersagliere, but as fast as our "double-quick."

From With the Allies by Richard Harding Davis

After Italy had declared war against Austria, he joined the corpo dei bersaglieri, went to the front and was in 1917 wounded.

From Time Magazine Archive

The barracks are apparently outside the walls; there you meet cavalry going and coming, and detachments of bersaglieri; or riflemen, pushing on at their quick trot, or plainer infantry trudging wearily.

From Roman Holidays, and Others by William Dean Howells

When the morning was well advanced the bugles of the bersaglieri awakened him from a heavy sleep.

From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan

So a distinguished brigade of bersaglieri was sent up to counter-attack, and drove the Germans from the captured guns down the slopes of Globocak again.

From World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill

I had no fear of seeing the brave bersaglieri of his Holiness here.

From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Mayne Reid

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