Etymology

carabiniere

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Today it means: A member of the carabinieri. Full definition →

Italian carabiniere ← French carabine
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  1. Frenchcarabin
  2. Frenchcarabine
  3. Italiancarabina
  4. Italiancarabiniere
  5. English todaycarabiniere

Borrowed from Italian carabiniere.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.