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‖ bersagliere|ˌbersaʎˈʎɛre|
Usu. in pl. bersaglieri |-i|.
[It., f. bersaglio target, mark.]
A rifleman or sharpshooter in the Italian army.
1862Crown Princess of Prussia Let. 8 Nov. in R. Fulford Dearest Mama (1968) 129 As one is not safe from Banditti—General La Marmora gave us an escort of Bersaglieri and Gendarmes. 1875Encycl. Brit. II. 612/2 The Italian army consists of 80 regiments of the line, 10 of bersaglieri (riflemen), [etc.]. 1883Daily News 7 Sept. 3/1 The same war cry would resound from a battalion of dark-plumed Bersaglieri as they dashed up a bank at their peculiar pace. 1929Hemingway Farewell to Arms viii. 47 The drivers..wearing red fezzes..were bersaglieri.
b. attrib. and Comb. bersaglieri hat, a hat with a dark plume of cock's feathers, as worn by the bersaglieri.
1875Encycl. Brit. II. 613/1, 4 bersaglieri battalions. 1946Koestler Thieves in Night 10 About half of them wore..Bersaglieri hats which made their faces look even more adolescent. |