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fusileer

fusileer is the alternative form of fusilier.

Meaning of fusilier

Noun

fusilier (plural fusiliers)

  1. An infantryman armed with a form of flintlock musket.
    Synonyms:
    fusee
  2. (UK) A soldier in any of several regiments that once fought with such weapons.
  3. A fish in family Caesionidae, related to snappers.

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Forms of fusileer

pluralfusileers

Questions about fusileer

What is fusileer the alternative form of?
Fusileer is the alternative form of fusilier.

Words near fusileer in the dictionary

  1. fusiform gyrus
  2. fusiform gyruses
  3. fusiformly
  4. fusil
  5. fusile
  6. fusileer
  7. fusileers
  8. fusiles
  9. fusilier
  10. fusiliers
  11. fusilinid

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