a person, esp a soldier, who is armed with or fires a pistol
pistoleer in American English
(ˌpɪstəˈlɪr)
noun
Obsolete
a soldier armed with a pistol
Word origin
Fr pistolier
pistoleer in American English
(ˌpɪstlˈɪər)
noun archaic
a person, esp. a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol
Also: pistolier
Word origin
[1825–35; pistol + -eer]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cliché, electrolyte, individualism, panda, torque-eer is a noun-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from French (buccaneer; mutineer; pioneer) and productive in the formation of English nouns denoting persons who produce, handle,or are otherwise significantly associated with the referent of the base word (auctioneer; engineer; mountaineer; pamphleteer); now frequently pejorative (profiteer; racketeer)