musketeer

[ muhs-ki-teer ]

noun

1. a soldier armed with a musket.

musketeer

/ ˌmʌskɪˈtɪə /

noun

1. (formerly) a soldier armed with a musket

Word History and Origins

Origin of musketeer¹

1580–90; musket + -eer; compare French mousquetaire, equivalent to mousquet musket + -aire -ary

Example Sentences

The saying "three is a crowd" seems not only to apply to "The Three Investigators" and the three musketeers.

From Science Daily

Swordsman D’Artagnan arrives in Paris chasing his dreams to become a king’s musketeer, where he commits many a faux pas and gets robbed, among other indignities.

From Los Angeles Times

A lone musketeer of disruption, he spouts mantras about the glory of “breaking stuff,” and cloaks his bottomless greed and shallow narcissism in showy messianic robes.

From New York Times

“In movies, on TV, musketeers are always white.”

From Literature

Brosnan’s take on Louis XIV is a velvet-clad, swashbuckling royal with a magnificent mane and plenty of eyeliner, a sort of modernist musketeer.

From Los Angeles Times

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