musketeer

Pronunciation: /ˌmʌs.kəˈtɪə(ɹ)/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a foot soldier armed with a musket

Etymology

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

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