musketeer

[ muhs-ki-teer ]

/ ˌmʌs kɪˈtɪər /

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noun

a soldier armed with a musket.

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Origin of musketeer

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

Words nearby musketeer

Muskego, Muskegon, Muskegon Heights, muskellunge, musket, musketeer, musketry, muskie, Muskingum, musk mallow, muskmelon

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How to use musketeer in a sentence

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.
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It took 16 years before the last survivor, a mutt named Musketeer, expired.
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M. de Bourbonne, a retired musketeer in easy circumstances, was well connected.
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He knew them to be his wife's brothers, one a dragoon, the other a musketeer.
The Tales of Mother Goose|Charles Perrault
In the same enclosure are two figures made up of Maximilian armour, and a bowman and a musketeer of the Earl of Worcester's time.
Authorised Guide to the Tower of London|W. J. Loftie
The exception was Sergeant Lawson, who, after slaying four men with his own hand, was shot down at close range by a musketeer.
The Young Cavalier|Percy F. Westerman
Encounter-battles became more frequent than “pitched” battles, and in these the musketeer was at a great advantage.
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British Dictionary definitions for musketeer

musketeer

/ (ˌmʌskɪˈtɪə) /

noun

(formerly) a soldier armed with a musket

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