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Three Musketeer

Three Musketeer noun: any one of the Three Musketeers in Alexandre Dumas' novel of the same name, i.e. either Athos, Aramis, or Porthos.

Noun

Three Musketeer (plural Three Musketeers)

  1. (nonstandard) Any one of the Three Musketeers in Alexandre Dumas' novel of the same name, i.e. either Athos, Aramis, or Porthos.
    • Is d'Artagnan a Three Musketeer?

Forms of Three Musketeer

pluralThree Musketeers

Origin of Three Musketeer

Formed due to a misinterpretation of Three Musketeers as a compound noun that includes the stem three rather than as a plurale tantum proper noun.

Questions about Three Musketeer

What does Three Musketeer mean?
Three Musketeer means any one of the Three Musketeers in Alexandre Dumas' novel of the same name, i.e. either Athos, Aramis, or Porthos.
What part of speech is Three Musketeer?
Three Musketeer is a noun.
What is the plural of Three Musketeer?
The plural of Three Musketeer is Three Musketeers.

Words near Three Musketeer in the dictionary

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  2. Three Lions
  3. three Ls
  4. three marks of existence
  5. Three Mile Island
  6. Three Musketeer
  7. three musketeers
  8. three o'clock
  9. Three Oaks
  10. three of a kind
  11. three per cents

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