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Meaning of MUSKETEER

Pronunciation:  `muski'teer

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 Definition: [n]  a foot soldier armed with a musket
 
 See Also: foot soldier, footslogger, infantryman, marcher, musketry

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mus`ket*eer"\, n. [F. mousquetaire; cf. It.
moschettiere.]
A soldier armed with a musket.

 
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