musketeer
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See also: Musketeer
Alternative forms
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): (file)
Noun
musketeer (plural musketeers)
- (military) A foot soldier armed with a musket.
- (military) In 17th- and 18th-century France, a member of the royal household bodyguard.
- 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
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member of French royal bodyguard
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