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musketeers

musketeers is the plural of musketeer.

Meaning of musketeer

Noun

musketeer (plural musketeers)

  1. (historical) A foot soldier armed with a musket.
  2. (historical) In 17th- and 18th-century France, a member of the royal household bodyguard.
  3. A comrade or fellow.
    • Reuniting the cast of Trainspotting for a new adventure 21 years on could have gone badly. The BBC’s misjudged This Life + 10, bringing the cast of the iconic 90s TV drama back together, is a case in point. But Boyle and his four musketeers give it just the right frantic, jaded energy and manic...2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in the Guardian

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Noun capitalized: Musketeers

Musketeers

  1. (plural) plural of Musketeer

Phrases with musketeers

Questions about musketeers

What is musketeers the plural of?
Musketeers is the plural of musketeer.
What part of speech is musketeers?
Musketeers is a noun.

Words near musketeers in the dictionary

  1. musket balls
  2. musketade
  3. musketades
  4. musketed
  5. musketeer
  6. musketeers
  7. musketless
  8. musketlike
  9. musketman
  10. musketmen
  11. musketo

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