Musketeer Definition

mŭskĭ-tîr
musketeers
noun
A soldier armed with a musket.
Webster's New World
In 17th- and 18th-cent. France, a member of a company of guards attached to the royal household and famed for flamboyant dress.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Musketeer

Noun

Singular:
musketeer
Plural:
musketeers

Origin of Musketeer

  • French mousquetaire from mousquet musket musket

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • musket +"Ž -eer

    From Wiktionary

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