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fuzil

fuzil is the alternative form of fusil.

Meaning of fusil

Noun (1)

fusil (plural fusils)

  1. A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.
    Synonyms:
    fusee

Noun (2)

fusil (plural fusils)

  1. (historical) A light flintlock musket or firelock.
    • [H]e out of meer wantonness attempted to trip up the heels of the soldier that stood next him, but failed in the execution, and received a blow of his breast with the butt end of a fusil, that made him stagger several paces backward.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    fusee

Forms of fuzil

pluralfuzils

Questions about fuzil

What is fuzil the alternative form of?
Fuzil is the alternative form of fusil.

Words near fuzil in the dictionary

  1. fuzeless
  2. fuzes
  3. Fuzhine
  4. Fuzhou
  5. Fuzhounese
  6. fuzil
  7. fuzils
  8. fuzing
  9. fuzlocillin
  10. fuzz
  11. fuzz box

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