musketeer

English

Alternative forms

• musqueteer

Etymology

musket +‎ -eer

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.

Translations

foot soldier

• Catalan: mosqueter (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鸟铳手 (cmn) (niǎochòngshǒu)

• Czech: mušketýr (cs) m
• Danish: musketer (da) c
• Esperanto: muskedisto (eo)
• Finnish: musketööri (fi)
• French: mousquetaire (fr) m

• German: Musketier (de) m
• Greek: σωματοφύλακας (el) (somatofílakas) m
• Hungarian: muskétás (hu)
• Japanese: 銃士 (ja) (じゅうし, jūshi)
• Norwegian: musketer (no) m
• Spanish: mosquetero (es) m
• Swedish: musketör (sv) c

member of French royal bodyguard

• Czech: mušketýr (cs) m
• Finnish: musketööri (fi)

• German: Musketier (de) m, Musketier der Garde (de) m
• Italian: moschettiere (it) m

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• French: mousquetaire (fr) m

• Macedonian: мускетар (mk) (musketár) m
• Turkish: silahşör (tr)