fusilier

See also: füsilier

English

Alternative forms

fusileer

Etymology

French fusilier, from fusil.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

fusilier (plural fusiliers)

An infantryman armed with a form of flintlock musket
(Britain) A soldier in any of several regiments that once fought with such weapons
a fish in family Caesionidae, related to snappers

Related terms

Translations

infantryman

Finnish: fusilieeri
German: Füsilier (de) m

Ido: fusiliero

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

fusilier m (plural fusiliers)

rifleman

Further reading

“fusilier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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