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musketeer

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Middle French mousquetaire

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musketeer · noun¹

Middle French · borrowed frommousquetaire
English todaymusketeer

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

Musketeer · noun²

Blend of Musk + musketeer.

Words from the same roots

Middle Frenchmousquetaire all →

mousquetaire

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