fusilier

Two other dogs, Jappy and Fusilier, had been previously killed, as neither was of any use as a puller.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
The man in his bed died while you was like that: a Fusilier Guards man.
Ravenshoe|Henry Kingsley
Become a Fusilier—one of those that wear plumes on their hats?
Plays--First Series|August Strindberg
He was brought in and proved to be an Inniskilling Fusilier who had taken part in an attack some four or five weeks previously!
The Seventh Manchesters|S. J. Wilson

William Turner was elected the first Fusilier Captain; the names of his successors are recorded elsewhere in this book.
The Old First Massachusetts Coast Artillery in War and Peace|Frederick Morse Cutler

British Dictionary definitions for fusilier

fusilier

/ (ˌfjuːzɪˈlɪə) /

noun

(formerly) an infantryman armed with a light musket

Also: fusileer

a soldier, esp a private, serving in any of certain British or other infantry regiments
(pl; cap. when part of a name)the Royal Welch Fusiliers

Word Origin for fusilier

C17: from French; see fusil 1

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