mousquetaire

[moos-kuh-tair]

noun

1. musketeer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mousquetaire¹

From French

Example Sentences

Picasso's 1969 Mousquetaire a la Pipe set a new auction record for a late work by the artist, fetching just shy of $31m - about 50 per cent more than its estimate.

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Indeed, collectors' deep pockets were well in evidence as more than half a dozen bidders went after Picasso's "Mousquetaire a la pipe," a vibrant 1969 work that sold for $30,965,000, about 50 percent more than its estimate.

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Photographs by Paola Kudacki; Styled by Anya Ziourova Altuzarra black Gazala poly georgette crepe cocktail dress with jersey skirt and gold fringe; Adrienne Landau black ostrich-feather crop jacket; Carolina Amato matte rayon opera gloves with mousquetaire; Van Cleef & Arpels Birds of Paradise earrings with round diamonds set in 18-karat white gold; Harry Winston Qipao diamond ring set in platinum.

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A 1967 painting by Picasso, “Mousquetaire au Chapeau, Buste,” a canvas of a musketeer, brought $4.3 million.

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The speaker here paused, while arranging the long mousquetaire gloves that reached in tawny wrinkles far up either sharp arm.

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