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MUSKETEER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A foot soldier armed with a musket
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("musketeer" is a kind of...):
foot soldier; footslogger; infantryman; marcher (fights on foot with small arms)
Holonyms ("musketeer" is a member of...):
musketry (musketeers and their muskets collectively)
Derivation:
musket (a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen)
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