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musketeer

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mus⋅ket⋅eer

  [muhs-ki-teer]
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–noun
a soldier armed with a musket.
Origin:
1580–90; musket + -eer; cf. F mousquetaire, equiv. to mousquet musket + -aire -ary
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mus·ket·eer   (mŭs'kĭ-tîr')   
n.  

  1. A soldier armed with a musket.

  2. A member of the French royal household bodyguard in the 17th and 18th centuries.


[French mousquetaire, from mousquet, musket; see musket.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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