bandolier
UK/ˌbændəˈlɪə//ˌbændəˈlɪɹ/
bandolier noun: an ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
Noun
bandolier (plural bandoliers)
- 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 - We had each bandoliers of cartridges.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
- 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.
bandolier meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Persian
bandolier in Tamil
- தோட்டா பட்டை
bandolier in Bengali
- কাঁধে গুলি, কার্তুজ রাখার বেল্ট
bandolier in Persian
- an ammunition belt
- فانوسقه fânusġe
Forms of bandolier
| plural | bandoliers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bandoleer |
| alternative form | bandelier |
| alternative form | bandileer |
Origin of bandolier
From earlier form bandollier, from Middle French bandoulliere, from Catalan bandolera, feminine derivative of bandoler (“member of a band of men”), from Catalan bàndol (“band, faction, party”), from Old Spanish bando.
Words formed from bandolier
Phrases with bandolier
Words that rhyme with bandolier
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- spear
- career
- fear
- here
- steer
- appear
- cavalier
- cheer
- leer
- pioneer
- queer
- volunteer
- adhere
- beer
- chandelier
- deer
- financier
- pier
- premier
- privateer
- sheer
- veer
- vizier
- austere
- bombardier
- brigadier
- cashmere
- commandeer
- disappear
- endear
- grenadier
- interfere
- mere
- mountaineer
- peer
- sear
- tear
- tier
- unclear
- arrear
- bier
- blear
- cameleer
- cashier
- chiffonier
- cohere
- fakir
- farseer
Questions about bandolier
- What does bandolier mean?
- Bandolier means an ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
- What is bandolier in Tamil?
- Bandolier in Tamil is தோட்டா பட்டை. See Bandolier meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bandolier?
- Bandolier is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bandolier?
- Bandolier is pronounced /ˌbændəˈlɪɹ/ (US).
- What is the plural of bandolier?
- The plural of bandolier is bandoliers.
Words near bandolier in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bandolier (page history and authors); bandolier (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bandolier (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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