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musket
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mus·ket  (mskt)
n.
A smoothbore shoulder gun used from the late 16th through the 18th century.

[French mousquet, from Italian moschetto, a type of crossbow, musket, from moschetta, little fly, bolt of a crossbow, diminutive of mosca, fly, from Latin musca.]

musket [ˈmʌskɪt]
n
(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a long-barrelled muzzle-loading shoulder gun used between the 16th and 18th centuries by infantry soldiers
[from French mousquet, from Italian moschetto arrow, earlier: sparrow hawk, from moscha a fly, from Latin musca]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.musketmusket - a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen
blunderbuss - a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
culverin - a medieval musket
fusil - a light flintlock musket
matchlock - an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge
muzzle loader - an obsolete firearm that was loaded through the muzzle
Translations
musket [ˈmʌskɪt] Nmosquete m

musket [ˈmʌskɪt] nmousquet m

musket
nMuskete f

musket [ˈmʌskɪt] nmoschetto
musket [ˈmʌskɪt] nmoschetto

musket
n musket [ˈmaskit]
an old type of gun once carried by foot-soldiers. musket بُنْدِقِيَّه من طِراز قَديم мускет mušketa musket die Muskete μουσκέτο (είδος όπλου) mosquete musket تفنگ فتيله اى musketti mousquet רוֹבֶה מוסקֶט बन्दूक mušketa muskéta senapan framhlaðningur moschetto マスケット銃 머스킷총 muškieta muskete senapang lantak musket muskett muszkiet mosquete muschetă мушкет mušketa mušketa musketa musköt ปืนคาบศิลา piyade tüfeği 舊式步槍,滑膛槍 мушкет پیدل سپاہی کی ہلکی بندوق súng hỏa mai
n muskeˈteer
a soldier armed with a musket. musketier جُنْدي مُشاه мускетар mušketýr musketer der Musketier μουσκετοφόρος mosquetero musketär تفنگدار muskettisoturi mousquetaire חַיָל עִם רוֹבֶה מוסקֶט बन्दूकधारी सैनिक mušketir muskétás prajurit skytta moschettiere マスケット銃士 머스킷 총병 muškietininkas musketieris askar senapang lantak musketier musketer muszkieter mosqueteiro muschetar мушкетёр mušketier mušketir musketar musketerare, musketör ทหารปืนคาบศิลา tüfekli asker 火槍手 мушкетер مسکٹ سے لیس سپاہی lính ngự lâm


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