halberdier
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of halberdier
From the Middle French word hallebardier, dating back to 1540–50. See halberd, -ier 2
Example Sentences
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He certainly looks the part: a snappy dresser with a three-piece suit, a 16th-century hipster cultivated beard and a pocket watch, he bears an uncanny resemblance to a Lucas Cranach painting of a halberdier.
From Salon ● May 25, 2015
A halberdier was within a few feet of her.
From The Bravo by James Fenimore Cooper
This promise, to do the halberdier justice, he fulfilled.
From Catherine: a Story by William Makepeace Thackeray
Benkei, the giant halberdier, had turned his back upon the priesthood, and, becoming a free lance, conceived the ambition of forcibly collecting a thousand swords from their wearers.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley
Proceeding direct to Whitehall, Viviana placed a letter in the hands of a halberdier, and desired that it might be given without delay to the Earl of Salisbury.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by William Harrison Ainsworth
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