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bandoleer

bandoleer is the alternative form of bandolier.

Meaning of bandolier

Noun

bandolier (plural bandoliers)

  1. An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
    • The vivid, untrammeled life appealed to him[…]; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza.
      “None better to face peril or adversity with, but a change is coming, and one cannot always wear the bandolier,” he said.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 32, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC

Forms of bandoleer

pluralbandoleers

Questions about bandoleer

What is bandoleer the alternative form of?
Bandoleer is the alternative form of bandolier.

Words near bandoleer in the dictionary

  1. bandoes
  2. bandog
  3. bandogs
  4. bandola
  5. bandolas
  6. bandoleer
  7. bandoleered
  8. bandoleers
  9. bandoleon
  10. bandoleons
  11. bandolero

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