musketeer

mus·ket·eer

M0496700 (mŭs′kĭ-tîr′)n.1. A soldier armed with a musket.2. A member of the French royal household bodyguard in the 1600s and 1700s.

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[French mousquetaire, from mousquet, musket; see musket.]

musketeer

(ˌmʌskɪˈtɪə) n (Historical Terms) (formerly) a soldier armed with a musket

mus•ket•eer

(ˌmʌs kɪˈtɪər)

n. a soldier armed with a musket. [1580–90; musket + -eer; compare French mousquetaire, derivative of mousquet musket]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

musketeer - a foot soldier armed with a musket musketry - musketeers and their muskets collectivelyfoot soldier, footslogger, infantryman, marcher - fights on foot with small arms

Translations

滑膛枪手

musket

(ˈmaskit) noun an old type of gun once carried by foot-soldiers. 毛瑟槍 旧式步枪，滑膛枪 ˌmuskeˈteer noun a soldier armed with a musket. 毛瑟槍手 滑膛枪手