bandolier
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dlˈɪər noun
a broad belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers and having a number of small loops or pockets, for holding a cartridge or cartridges.
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bandolier or bandoleer (ˌbændəˈlɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a soldier's broad shoulder belt having small pockets or loops for cartridges | |
| [C16: from Old French bandouliere, from Old Spanish bandolera, bandolero guerrilla, from Catalan bandoler, from bandol band, from Spanish bando; see | |
| bandoleer or bandoleer | |
| —n | |
| [C16: from Old French bandouliere, from Old Spanish bandolera, bandolero guerrilla, from Catalan bandoler, from bandol band, from Spanish bando; see | |
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| bandolier or bandoleer (ˌbændəˈlɪə) | |
| —n | |
| a soldier's broad shoulder belt having small pockets or loops for cartridges | |
| [C16: from Old French bandouliere, from Old Spanish bandolera, bandolero guerrilla, from Catalan bandoler, from bandol band, from Spanish bando; see | |
| bandoleer or bandoleer | |
| —n | |
| [C16: from Old French bandouliere, from Old Spanish bandolera, bandolero guerrilla, from Catalan bandoler, from bandol band, from Spanish bando; see | |
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Word Origin & History
bandolier
1570s, "shoulder belt (for a wallet)," from Fr. bandouiliere (16c.), from It. bandoliera or Sp. bandolera, from dim. of banda "a scarf, sash," a Gmc. loan-word related to Goth. bandwa (see band (2)). In some cases, directly from Spanish to English as bandoleer. Meaning "ammunition
belt for a musket" is from 1590s; hence bandolero "highwayman, robber" (1832), from Spanish, lit. "man who wears a bandoleer."
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He wears a fur pipe bandolier, metal armbands, and bead necklaces.
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