musketeer

See also: Musketeer

English

Alternative forms

• musqueteer

Etymology

From Middle French mousquetaire in the late 16th century. By surface analysis, musket +‎ -eer. Doublet of mousquetaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌskətə(ɹ)/, /ˈmʌskɪtə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

musketeer (plural musketeers)

1. (military) A foot soldier armed with a musket.
2. (military) In 17th- and 18th-century France, a member of the royal household bodyguard.
3. A comrade or fellow.
   • 2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in the Guardian‎:

     Reuniting the cast of Trainspotting for a new adventure 21 years on could have gone badly. The BBC’s misjudged This Life + 10, bringing the cast of the iconic 90s TV drama back together, is a case in point. But Boyle and his four musketeers give it just the right frantic, jaded energy and manic anxiety.

Translations

foot soldier

Armenian: հրացանակիր (hy) (hracʻanakir) Basque: mosketari Bengali: বরকন্দাজ (bn) (bôrqôndaz) Bulgarian: мускетар m (musketar) Catalan: mosqueter m Chinese: Mandarin: 鳥銃手／鸟铳手 (niǎochòngshǒu), 火槍手／火枪手 (zh) (huǒqiāngshǒu) Czech: mušketýr (cs) m Danish: musketer c Esperanto: muskedisto (eo) Finnish: musketööri (fi) French: mousquetaire (fr) m German: Musketier (de) m Greek: μουσκετοφόρος m (mousketofóros) Hungarian: muskétás (hu) Japanese: 銃士 (ja) (じゅうし, jūshi) Macedonian: мускетар m (musketar) Norwegian: musketer m Polish: muszkieter (pl) m Portuguese: mosqueteiro (pt) m Romanian: muschetar (ro) m Russian: мушкетёр (ru) m (mušketjór) Spanish: mosquetero m Swedish: musketör (sv) c

member of French royal bodyguard

Armenian: հրացանակիր (hy) (hracʻanakir) Basque: mosketari Bulgarian: мускетар m (musketar) Catalan: mosqueter m Czech: mušketýr (cs) m Finnish: musketööri (fi) French: mousquetaire (fr) m German: Musketier (de) m, Musketier der Garde m Greek: σωματοφύλακας (el) m (somatofýlakas) Italian: moschettiere (it) m Macedonian: мускетар m (musketar) Polish: muszkieter (pl) m Portuguese: mosqueteiro (pt) m Russian: мушкетёр (ru) m (mušketjór)

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French: (please verify) mousquetaire (fr) m Macedonian: (please verify) мускета́р m (musketár) Turkish: (please verify) silahşor (tr)