carbineer
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From carbine + -eer - French carabinier.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
carbineer (plural carbineers)
- (military) A soldier armed with a carbine.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 76:
- The prisoner flung him off with a force scarcely to be expected from one of his slight figure, and, turning quickly, said, "Let me die like a man!—whatever is my death, let me face it!" No further effort was made to blindfold him; but the carbineers formed their deadly rank, looking, however, towards their commander for the signal.