three musketeers

noun

A group of three people who are very closely associated; a trio.

“We're the Three Musketeers of gardening!”

OriginFrench Les Trois Mousquetaires →
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Meanings

three musketeers1

nounthree musketeers pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyAlternative letter-case form of Three Musketeers.

Three Musketeers2

nounthe Three Musketeers pl (plural only)

alternative three musketeers

  1. idiomaticpluralplural onlyA group of three people who are very closely associated; a trio.

    We're the Three Musketeers of gardening!

    1 more example

    Mona: A fire giant finger toast to the Three Musketeers! Charley and Lily: Only scarier!

    1999, Mona the Vampire, "Red Moon Monsters" (season 1, episode 6b)
  2. pluralplural onlyplural of Three Musketeer

Origin

  1. FrenchLes Trois Mousquetaires
  2. EnglishThree Musketeers

Named after the 1844 historical adventure novel The Three Musketeers, originally published as French Les Trois Mousquetaires, by Alexandre Dumas.

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