fusilier

See also: Fusilier and füsilier

English

Alternative forms

• fusileer

Etymology

Borrowed from French fusilier, from fusil.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌfjuːzɪˈlɪə/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: fu‧sil‧ier

Noun

fusilier (plural fusiliers)

1. An infantryman armed with a form of flintlock musket.
2. (British) A soldier in any of several regiments that once fought with such weapons.
3. A fish in family Caesionidae, related to snappers.

Related terms

• fusil
• McAlpine's Fusiliers

 

Translations

infantryman

• Catalan: fuseller m
• Finnish: fusilieeri
• French: fusilier (fr) m
• German: Füsilier (de) m
• Ido: fusiliero (io)
• Italian: fuciliere (it) m, bersagliere (it) m
• Occitan: fusilhièr (oc) m
• Polish: fizylier (pl) m, fizylierka f
• Portuguese: fuzileiro (pt) m
• Russian: фузилёр (ru) m (fuziljór)
• Spanish: fusilero m

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.zi.lje/

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Noun

fusilier m (plural fusiliers)

1. rifleman

Further reading

• “fusilier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.