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fusilier
/ ˌfjuːzɪˈlɪə /
noun
- (formerly) an infantryman armed with a light musket
- Alsofusileer
- a soldier, esp a private, serving in any of certain British or other infantry regiments
- ( pl; cap. when part of a name )
the Royal Welch Fusiliers
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Origin of fusilier1
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Example Sentences
Two other dogs, Jappy and Fusilier, had been previously killed, as neither was of any use as a puller.
The man in his bed died while you was like that: a Fusilier Guards man.
Become a Fusilier—one of those that wear plumes on their hats?
He was brought in and proved to be an Inniskilling Fusilier who had taken part in an attack some four or five weeks previously!
William Turner was elected the first Fusilier Captain; the names of his successors are recorded elsewhere in this book.
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