mousquetaire
/ˌmuːskɪˈtɛə(ɹ)/
mousquetaire noun: a musketeer, especially one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries, famed for their daring and their fine clothing.
Noun
mousquetaire (plural mousquetaires)
- A musketeer, especially one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries, famed for their daring and their fine clothing.
- [H]is adversary, swelling with rage, cocked his hat fiercely in his face, and fixing his hands in his sides, pronounced with the most imperious tone, “Heark ye, Mr. Round Periwig, you must know that I am a mousquetaire.”1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
- A mousquetaire cuff or mousquetaire glove, or other article of dress imagined to resemble those worn by the French mosquetaires.
- A woman's cloak trimmed with ribbons, with large buttons, fashionable in the mid-19th century.
- A broad turnover linen collar worn in the mid-19th century.
mousquetaire meaning in Bengali
mousquetaire in Bengali
- একজন মুশকিটিয়ার, বন্দুকধারী সৈনিক, একটি বিশেষ ধরনের কাফ, গ্লাভস
Forms of mousquetaire
| plural | mousquetaires |
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Origin of mousquetaire
Borrowed from Middle French mousquetaire. Doublet of musketeer.
Words formed from mousquetaire
Phrases with mousquetaire
Words that rhyme with mousquetaire
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- declare
- hair
- Sinclair
- where
- ayr
- care
- layer
- mayor
- parterre
- fare
- glare
- lair
- pear
- prayer
- snare
- compare
- dare
- rare
- share
- swear
- ware
- wear and tear
- Ayer
- blare
- flair
- forbear
- Kerr
- laissez faire
- pare
- prepare
- repair
- stare
- unfair
- yare
- -ware
- abear
- aflare
- despair
- glair
- heir
- impair
- Pierre
- reair
- scare
- tare
- trillionaire
- Voltaire
- aware
Questions about mousquetaire
- What does mousquetaire mean?
- Mousquetaire means a musketeer, especially one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries, famed for their daring and their fine clothing.
- What is mousquetaire in Bengali?
- Mousquetaire in Bengali is একজন মুশকিটিয়ার, বন্দুকধারী সৈনিক, একটি বিশেষ ধরনের কাফ. See Mousquetaire meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is mousquetaire?
- Mousquetaire is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mousquetaire?
- Mousquetaire is pronounced /ˌmuːskɪˈtɛə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of mousquetaire?
- The plural of mousquetaire is mousquetaires.
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