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halberdier
[ hal-ber-deer ]
noun
- a soldier, guard, or attendant armed with a halberd.
Word History and Origins
Origin of halberdier1
Example Sentences
He certainly looks the part: a snappy dresser with a three-piece suit, a 16th-century hipster cultivated beard and a pocket watch, he bears an uncanny resemblance to a Lucas Cranach painting of a halberdier.
In vain the Imperialists endeavoured to deploy; the head of every formation no sooner appeared than the volleys of our musketeers swept them away, or the charging spearmen and halberdiers annihilated them.
Then a group of halberdiers, dressed in red; then a man in white, bearing black banner with white cross.
Two halberdiers shall be placed in the porch of the hall, leading to the court; they shall not allow any person to enter, without the permission of the Prince d'Evoli.
The court troops of Spain are called “halberdiers” and armed with the halbert.
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