name
Meaning 1
A surname from French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
fusilier
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌfjuːzɪˈlɪəː/
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Received-Pronunciation: [ˌfjʊu̯zɪˈlɪə̯ː]
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General-American: /ˌfju.zɪˈlɪɚ/
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General-American: [ˌfjʊu̯.zɪˈlɪɚ] ~ [ˌfjʊu̯.zɪˈlɪɹ̩]
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rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
An infantryman armed with a form of flintlock musket.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fusee
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A soldier in any of several regiments that once fought with such weapons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 4
A fish in family Caesionidae, related to snappers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
(formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: infantryman, marcher, foot soldier, footslogger
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French Fusilier.
Borrowed from French fusilier, from fusil.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: fuseller — infantryman
- Finnish: fusilieeri — infantryman
- French: fusilier — infantryman
- German: Füsilier — infantryman
- Ido: fusiliero — infantryman
- Italian: fuciliere — infantryman
- Italian: bersagliere — infantryman
- Occitan: fusilhièr — infantryman
- Polish: fizylier — infantryman
- Polish: fizylierka — infantryman
- Portuguese: fuzileiro — infantryman
- Russian: фузилёр (fuziljór) — infantryman
- Spanish: fusilero — infantryman