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musketeer

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mus·ket·eer  (msk-tîr)
n.
1. A soldier armed with a musket.
2. A member of the French royal household bodyguard in the 17th and 18th centuries.
[French mousquetaire, from mousquet, musket; see musket.]
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Noun1.musketeermusketeer - a foot soldier armed with a musket
musketry - musketeers and their muskets collectively
foot soldier, footslogger, infantryman, marcher - fights on foot with small arms
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D'Artagnan the younger--notwithstanding the efforts he made to remain firm, as a future Musketeer ought, nature prevailed, and he shed many tears, of which he succeeded with great difficulty in concealing the half.
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Seeing, however, no one there except a musketeer of his own troop, he fixed his eyes upon the supposed soldier, in whose dress, nevertheless, he recognized at the first glance the cardinal.
Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
He did not belong to that chevalier and musketeer species, who take young girls by assault.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
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