† buxerryn.

Forms: Also bucksaree, bucksary, buxarry.

Etymology: Of uncertain etymology; Col. Yule (Appendix) suggests that it may be Hindi baksārī ‘native of Buxar’.

Obsolete exc. Historical.

A matchlock-man.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > one armed with firelock, matchlock, etc.

firelock1630

buxerry1748

matchlock-man1785

percussionist1817

1748 in J. Long Sel. Rec. Govt. relating to Bengal (1869) 1 Having sent Ensign McKion with..one hundred and fifty buxerries.

1757 Clive in Grant Hist. India I. ix. 52/2 Leaving only a few Europeans with 200 new-raised Bucksarees to guard our camp.

1850 Broome Rise & Progress Bengal Army Buxarries were nothing more than Burkandaz, armed and equipped in the usual native manner.

c1880 J. Grant Hist. India I. viii. 45/1 1,500 Bucksaries, or native matchlockmen.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	buxerry
释义	† buxerryn. Forms: Also bucksaree, bucksary, buxarry. Etymology: Of uncertain etymology; Col. Yule (Appendix) suggests that it may be Hindi baksārī ‘native of Buxar’. Obsolete exc. Historical. A matchlock-man. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > one armed with firelock, matchlock, etc. firelock1630 buxerry1748 matchlock-man1785 percussionist1817 1748 in J. Long Sel. Rec. Govt. relating to Bengal (1869) 1 Having sent Ensign McKion with..one hundred and fifty buxerries. 1757 Clive in Grant Hist. India I. ix. 52/2 Leaving only a few Europeans with 200 new-raised Bucksarees to guard our camp. 1850 Broome Rise & Progress Bengal Army Buxarries were nothing more than Burkandaz, armed and equipped in the usual native manner. c1880 J. Grant Hist. India I. viii. 45/1 1,500 Bucksaries, or native matchlockmen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1748
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