musqueteer
musqueteer is the obsolete form of musketeer.
Meaning of musketeer
Noun
musketeer (plural musketeers)
- A foot soldier armed with a musket.
- In 17th- and 18th-century France, a member of the royal household bodyguard.
- 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
Forms of musqueteer
| plural | musqueteers |
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Questions about musqueteer
- What is musqueteer the obsolete form of?
- Musqueteer is the obsolete form of musketeer.
Words near musqueteer in the dictionary
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