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musketeer¹

  • /ˌmʌs.kəˈtɪə(ɹ)/
  • /ˌmʌs.kɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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

noun musketeers · musqueteer

  1. historical A foot soldier armed with a musket.
  2. historical In 17th- and 18th-century France, a member of the royal household bodyguard.
  3. A comrade or fellow. Reuniting the cast of Trainspotting for a new adventure 21 years on could have gone badly. The BBC’s misjudged This Life + 10, bringing the cast of the iconic 90s TV drama back together, is a case in point. But Boyle and his four musketeers give it just the right frantic, jaded energy and manic anxi

Musketeer²

Where it comes from

Blend of Musk + musketeer.

noun Musketeers

  1. informal A fan, supporter or partisan of Elon Musk. This was the rock that Musk and his Musketeers planned to build their company on.

    Similar: Muskophile

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noun foot soldier

Españolmosquetero
한국어총사 chongsa, 총병 chongbyeong
日本語銃士 jūshi
中文鳥銃手 /鸟铳手 niǎochòngshǒu, 火槍手 /火枪手 huǒqiāngshǒu
Portuguêsmosqueteiro
Françaismousquetaire
DeutschMusketier
Italianomoschettiere
Ελληνικάμουσκετοφόρος mousketofóros
Românămuschetar
Русскиймушкетёр mušketjór
Tiếng Việtđiểu thương thủ
العربيةمُسْكِيتِيّ muskītiyy

noun member of French royal bodyguard

Españolmosquetero
한국어총사 chongsa, 총병 chongbyeong
日本語銃士 jūshi
中文鳥銃手 /鸟铳手 niǎochòngshǒu, 火槍手 /火枪手 huǒqiāngshǒu
Portuguêsmosqueteiro
Françaismousquetaire
DeutschMusketier
Italianomoschettiere
Ελληνικάσωματοφύλακας somatofýlakas
Românămuschetar
Русскиймушкетёр mušketjór
Tiếng Việtđiểu thương thủ
العربيةمُسْكِيتِيّ muskītiyy

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@misc{musketeer_2026,
  title = {musketeer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/musketeer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}