Etymology

mousquetaire

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Today it means: A musketeer, especially one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries, famed for their daring and their fine clothing. Full definition →

Middle French mousquetaire
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  1. Middle French · borrowed frommousquetaire
  2. English todaymousquetaire

Borrowed from Middle French mousquetaire. Doublet of musketeer.

Words from the same roots

Middle Frenchmousquetaire all →

musketeer

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