† argoletargouletn.
Obsolete.
A light-armed horse-soldier; originally a mounted bowman.
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footman archer1511
solak1520
franc-archer1568
argoletc1580
longbowman1738
hobbler-archer1786
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > light-armed
hobblerc1308
prickera1350
genetorc1440
stradiotc1515
light horse1524
hussar1532
light horseman1544
demi-lancer1552
demi-lancea1556
estradiot1577
argoletier1579
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Cossack1587
jennet1676
hobbler-archer1786
c1580 G. Peele Battell of Alcazar in Wks. II. 95 Pisano, take a cornet of our horse, As many argolets.
1687 tr. J. Spon Hist. Geneva 133 Troops of Argoulets or light Horsemen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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