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pistoleer
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pistoleer [ˌpɪstəˈlɪə]
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(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) Obsolete a person, esp a soldier, who is armed with or fires a pistol
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Noun1.pistoleer - someone armed with a pistol (especially a soldier so armed)
soldier - an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"


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Tutt bragged around town that he had taken Hickok's watch and told the plainsman, known as Prince of the Pistoleers, he would wear it in the town square.
Introduced in 1850, and produced until 1873, the Model 1851 Navy Colt reigned as a favorite fighting handgun with knowledgeable pistoleers until the introduction of the Colt Single Action Army revolver.
History reports that the famous "Wild Bill" Hickok, the Prince of Pistoleers, was murdered with a single shot to the back of his head while playing poker in a Deadwood, South Dakota saloon -- the first time he ever sat with his back to the door.
 
 
 
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