musketeer

[ muhs-ki-teer ]

/ ˌmʌs kɪˈtɪər /

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noun

a soldier armed with a musket.

Nearby words

muskego, muskegon, muskegon heights, muskellunge, musket, musketeer, musketry, muskie, muskie, edmund sixtus, muskingum, muskmelon

Origin of musketeer

1580–90; musket + -eer; compare French mousquetaire, equivalent to mousquet musket + -aire -ary

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Examples from the Web for musketeer

But third musketeer Chris Bosh refused to miss out on the action.
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David Lincoln Ross pays tribute—and shares a recipe for a winter warmer perfect for a musketeer.
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Musketeer Oil heiress Eleanor Ritchey had a tendency to accumulate things.
The World’s 12 Richest Dogs|The Daily Beast|June 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It took 16 years before the last survivor, a mutt named Musketeer, expired.
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This staff the musketeer lashed to his wrist, with a cord, so that he might drag it after him from place to place.
On the Spanish Main|John Masefield
A few minutes later D'Artagnan annoyed Aramis, the third musketeer, who was chatting with some gentleman of the king's musketeers.
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I was consumed with desire of revenge upon the musketeer who shot him.
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Did you not know that an overcharged gun would knock the musketeer over by its recoil?
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On leaving Provins the first musketeer proceeded to Nangis, where he was reinforced by thirty-three followers.
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales|Bret Harte

British Dictionary definitions for musketeer

musketeer

/ (ˌmʌskɪˈtɪə) /

noun

(formerly) a soldier armed with a musket

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Word Origin and History for musketeer

musketeer

"soldier armed with a musket," 1580s, from musket + -eer, or else from French mousquetaire, from mousquette (see musket).

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