carbineer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of carbineer
First recorded in 1795–1805; earlier carabineer; see carbine, -eer
Example Sentences
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No, I beg pardon! a carbineer; but no matter.
From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 by Lever, Charles James
The carbineer, Burgess, 10th troop, Captain Hallam, was foolhardy to attempt the bridge without orders.
From Ailsa Paige by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
"He dismounted and clutched the senseless carbineer" "She dropped on her knees at his bedside and hid her face on his hands" "'Phillip—Phillip—my lover, my country, my God—worshipped and adored of men!'"
From Ailsa Paige by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Out of the fiery tunnel came tearing his terrified horse, riderless; out of the billowing, ruddy vapours reeled Berkley, dragging the carbineer.
From Ailsa Paige by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Beyond certain well-known limits the hardiest carbineer never crossed; and it was well known that he who crossed that frontier came as fugitive, and not as foe.
From Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier by Lever, Charles James
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