musketeer

See also: Musketeer

English

Alternative forms

• musqueteer

Etymology

From Middle French mousquetaire in the late 16th century. By surface analysis, musket +‎ -eer. Doublet of mousquetaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌskətə(ɹ)/, /ˈmʌskɪtə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

musketeer (plural musketeers)

1. (military) A foot soldier armed with a musket.
2. (military) In 17th- and 18th-century France, a member of the royal household bodyguard.
3. A comrade or fellow.
   • 2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     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 anxiety.

Translations

foot soldier

• Armenian: հրացանակիր (hy) (hracʻanakir)
• Basque: mosketari
• Bengali: বরকন্দাজ (bn) (bôrqôndaz)
• Bulgarian: мускетар m (musketar)
• Catalan: mosqueter m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鳥銃手／鸟铳手 (niǎochòngshǒu), 火槍手／火枪手 (zh) (huǒqiāngshǒu)

• Czech: mušketýr (cs) m
• Danish: musketer c
• Esperanto: muskedisto (eo)
• Finnish: musketööri (fi)
• French: mousquetaire (fr) m
• German: Musketier (de) m
• Greek: μουσκετοφόρος m (mousketofóros)
• Hungarian: muskétás (hu)
• Japanese: 銃士 (ja) (じゅうし, jūshi)
• Macedonian: мускетар m (musketar)
• Norwegian: musketer m
• Polish: muszkieter (pl) m
• Portuguese: mosqueteiro (pt) m
• Romanian: muschetar (ro) m
• Russian: мушкетёр (ru) m (mušketjór)
• Spanish: mosquetero m
• Swedish: musketör (sv) c

member of French royal bodyguard

• Armenian: հրացանակիր (hy) (hracʻanakir)
• Basque: mosketari
• Bulgarian: мускетар m (musketar)
• Catalan: mosqueter m
• Czech: mušketýr (cs) m
• Finnish: musketööri (fi)
• French: mousquetaire (fr) m
• German: Musketier (de) m, Musketier der Garde m
• Greek: σωματοφύλακας (el) m (somatofýlakas)
• Italian: moschettiere (it) m
• Macedonian: мускетар m (musketar)
• Polish: muszkieter (pl) m
• Portuguese: mosqueteiro (pt) m
• Russian: мушкетёр (ru) m (mušketjór)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} mousquetaire (fr) m
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} мускета́р m (musketár)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} silahşor (tr)