bersagliere
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian bersagliere.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bersagliere (plural bersaglieri)
- A marksman or rifleman in certain Italian regiments.
- 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 50:
- We passed a long column of loaded mules, the drivers walking along beside the mules wearing red fezzes. They were bersaglieri.
- 2011, David Gilmour, The Pursuit of Italy, Penguin, published 2012, page 244:
- A small detachment of bersaglieri, which rashly went to see what was going on, was then wiped out by a force of armed peasants.
Translations
[edit]marksman or rifleman in Italian regiments
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Further reading
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bersagliere on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]bersagliere m (plural bersaglieri)
- rifleman, bersagliere (in some Italian regiments)
Related terms
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[edit]bersagliere f
Descendants
[edit]- → Polish: bersalier
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