† corsleˈteerObs. [f.prec. + -eer1.] A soldier armed with a corslet. 1609Holland Amm. Marcell. xvi. xii. 69 The Corselettiers [cataphracti] and the Archers.1658Ussher Ann. 169 Xenophon with his brigade, consisting of 17 hundred corseletteers, and 800 targateers.