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musketeer

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • /ˌmʌs.kəˈtɪə(ɹ)/
  • /ˌmʌs.kɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/
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  • rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: M AH2 S K AH0 T IY1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A foot soldier armed with a musket.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

In 17th- and 18th-century France, a member of the royal household bodyguard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A comrade or fellow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A fan, supporter or partisan of Elon Musk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Muskophile

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a foot soldier armed with a musket

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: infantryman, marcher, foot soldier, footslogger

History

Etymology

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

Blend of Musk + musketeer.

Across languages

Translations

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: musketier — foot soldier
  • Arabic: مُسْكِيتِيّ (muskītiyy) — foot soldier
  • Armenian: հրացանակիր (hracʻanakir) — foot soldier
  • Azerbaijani: muşketyor — foot soldier
  • Basque: mosketari — foot soldier
  • Belarusian: мушкецёр (muškjecjór) — foot soldier
  • Bengali: বরকন্দাজ (borkondaj) — foot soldier
  • Bulgarian: мускета́р (musketár) — foot soldier
  • Catalan: mosqueter — foot soldier
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鳥銃手 /鸟铳手 (niǎochòngshǒu) — foot soldier
  • Chinese Mandarin: 火槍手 /火枪手 (huǒqiāngshǒu) — foot soldier
  • Czech: mušketýr — foot soldier
  • Danish: musketer — foot soldier
  • Dutch: musketier — foot soldier
  • Esperanto: muskedisto — foot soldier
  • Estonian: musketär — foot soldier
  • Finnish: musketööri — foot soldier
  • French: mousquetaire — foot soldier
  • Georgian: მუშკეტერი (mušḳeṭeri) — foot soldier
  • German: Musketier — foot soldier
  • Greek: μουσκετοφόρος (mousketofóros) — foot soldier
  • Hungarian: muskétás — foot soldier
  • Italian: moschettiere — foot soldier
  • Japanese: 銃士 (jūshi) — foot soldier
  • Korean: 총사 (chongsa) — foot soldier
  • Korean: 총병 (chongbyeong) — foot soldier
  • Latvian: musketieris — foot soldier
  • Lithuanian: muškietininkas — foot soldier
  • Macedonian: мускета́р (musketár) — foot soldier
  • Norwegian Bokmål: musketer — foot soldier
  • Polish: muszkieter — foot soldier
  • Portuguese: mosqueteiro — foot soldier
  • Romanian: muschetar — foot soldier
  • Russian: мушкетёр (mušketjór) — foot soldier
  • Serbo-Croatian: мушкѐтӣр — foot soldier
  • Serbo-Croatian: muškètīr — foot soldier
  • Slovak: mušketier — foot soldier
  • Slovene: mušketir — foot soldier
  • Spanish: mosquetero — foot soldier
  • Swedish: musketör — foot soldier
  • Ukrainian: мушкете́р (mušketér) — foot soldier
  • Uzbek: mushketyor — foot soldier
  • Vietnamese: điểu thương thủ — foot soldier
  • Albanian: musketier — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Arabic: مُسْكِيتِيّ (muskītiyy) — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Armenian: հրացանակիր (hracʻanakir) — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Azerbaijani: muşketyor — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Basque: mosketari — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Belarusian: мушкецёр (muškjecjór) — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Bengali: বরকন্দাজ (borkondaj) — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Bulgarian: мускета́р (musketár) — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Catalan: mosqueter — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鳥銃手 /鸟铳手 (niǎochòngshǒu) — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Chinese Mandarin: 火槍手 /火枪手 (huǒqiāngshǒu) — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Czech: mušketýr — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Danish: musketer — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Dutch: musketier — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Esperanto: muskedisto — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Estonian: musketär — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Finnish: musketööri — member of French royal bodyguard
  • French: mousquetaire — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Georgian: მუშკეტერი (mušḳeṭeri) — member of French royal bodyguard
  • German: Musketier — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Greek: σωματοφύλακας (somatofýlakas) — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Italian: moschettiere — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Japanese: 銃士 (jūshi) — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Kazakh: мушкетер (muşketer) — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Korean: 총사 (chongsa) — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Korean: 총병 (chongbyeong) — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Kyrgyz: мушкетёр (muşketyor) — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Latvian: musketieris — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Lithuanian: muškietininkas — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Macedonian: мускета́р (musketár) — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Norwegian Bokmål: musketer — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Polish: muszkieter — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Portuguese: mosqueteiro — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Romanian: muschetar — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Russian: мушкетёр (mušketjór) — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Serbo-Croatian: мушкѐтӣр — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Serbo-Croatian: muškètīr — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Slovak: mušketier — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Slovene: mušketir — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Spanish: mosquetero — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Swedish: musketör — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Ukrainian: мушкете́р (mušketér) — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Uzbek: mushketyor — member of French royal bodyguard
  • Vietnamese: điểu thương thủ — member of French royal bodyguard
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