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fusileer

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fu⋅sil⋅ier

  [fyoo-zuh-leer]
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–noun
a member of a British regiment formerly armed with fusils.
Also, fu⋅si⋅leer.

Origin:
1670–80; < F; see fusil 1 , -ier 2
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fu·sil·ier also fu·sil·eer   (fyōō'zə-lîr')   
n.  

  1. A soldier in any of certain British army regiments formerly armed with fusils.

  2. A soldier armed with a fusil.


[French, musketeer, from fusil, musket; see fusil.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

fusilier 
1680, "soldier armed with a musket," from Fr. fusilier, from O.Fr. fusil "musket," earlier "steel for a tinderbox," from V.L. *focilis (petra) "(stone) producing fire," from L. focus "hearth," in V.L. "fire." Retained by certain regiments of the British army that were formerly armed with fusils.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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