fusilier
or fu·si·leer
a member of a British regiment formerly armed with fusils.
Origin of fusilier
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How to use fusilier in a sentence
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 MawsonThe man in his bed died while you was like that: a fusilier Guards man.
Ravenshoe | Henry KingsleyBecome a fusilier—one of those that wear plumes on their hats?
Plays--First Series | August StrindbergHe 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. WilsonWilliam 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
/ (ˌfjuːzɪˈlɪə) /
(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
Origin of fusilier
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