halberdier
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of halberdier
From the Middle French word hallebardier, dating back to 1540–50. See halberd, -ier 2
Example Sentences
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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.
From Salon • May 25, 2015
After gazing at him for some minutes, in mixed wonderment and fright, the halberdier ventured to draw near him.
From The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison
I will make a marrow flute of it to sing thy praises, compassionate halberdier.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de
The halberdier, whose weapon I now grasped in one hand, while I held my sword in the other, took fright, let his weapon go, and ran from the courtyard through the open gateway.
From An Enemy to the King by Stephens, Robert Neilson
And he thoughtfully retouched his design for the head-dress of the halberdier of St. John's Wood, a design in black and red, compounded of a pine tree and the plumage of an eagle.
From The Napoleon of Notting Hill by Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham)
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