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单词 pistolier
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pistoliern.

Brit. /ˌpɪstəˈlɪə/, U.S. /ˌpɪstəˈlɪ(ə)r/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pistolier.
Etymology: < Middle French, French pistolier (1553) < pistole pistol n. + -ier -ier suffix. Compare slightly later pistoleter n., and also pistoletier n.
Now rare (chiefly historical after 17th cent.).
= pistoleer n.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > pistol
pistolier?1563
pistoleter1570
pistoletier1587
pistoler1590
pistoleera1679
pistol man1784
sightsman1790
pistol shot1832
pistol-toter1887
pistol-packer1899
pistolero1932
?1563 in I. W. Archer et al. Relig., Politics, & Society in 16th-cent. Eng. (2003) 119 3000 horsmen Fr. and viic pistoliers.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1187/1 Certeine of the English lances and pistoliers, with certeine harquebutters.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 142 The Petramell and Pistolier is armed with a good paire of Cuyrats of pistoll proof.
1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre iii. i. 82 The armed French Pistoliers, the Carbines, and the Light horse.
1860 J. Hewitt Anc. Armour III. 589 The German Reiters or pistoliers came into prominent notice in the second quarter of the [sixteenth] century.
1975 D. Dunnett Checkmate vi. 476 The Marshal de Sevigny..left Pierpont himself with a small force of gentlemen and pistoliers.
2001 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 28 Nov. e1 When the bank is robbed,..clerks and farmers take up whatever firearms come to hand and give battle to the mounted pistoliers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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