Meanings
nounbersagliere (plural bersaglieri)
plural bersaglieri
- A marksman or rifleman in certain Italian regiments.
We passed a long column of loaded mules, the drivers walking along beside the mules wearing red fezzes. They were bersaglieri.
1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 501 more example
A small detachment of bersaglieri, which rashly went to see what was going on, was then wiped out by a force of armed peasants.
2011, David Gilmour, The Pursuit of Italy, Penguin, published 2012, page 244
Origin
- Italianbersagliere
- Italianbersagliere
- Englishbersagliere
Borrowed from Italian bersagliere.
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Chinese Mandarin 意大利狙擊兵 /意大利狙击兵
- 意大利狙擊兵 /意大利狙击兵 (Yìdàlì jūjībīng)marksman or rifleman in Italian regiments
French bersaglier, bersallier
- bersagliermarksman or rifleman in Italian regiments
- bersalliermarksman or rifleman in Italian regiments
Hungarian lövész, mesterlövész
- lövészmarksman or rifleman in Italian regiments
- mesterlövészmarksman or rifleman in Italian regiments
- bersaglieremarksman or rifleman in Italian regiments
Italian bersagliere
- bersaglieremarksman or rifleman in Italian regiments
Japanese ベルサリエーレ
- ベルサリエーレ (berusariēre)marksman or rifleman in Italian regiments
Lithuanian bersaljeras
- bersaljerasmarksman or rifleman in Italian regiments
Polish bersalier
- bersaliermarksman or rifleman in Italian regiments
Russian берсалье́р
- берсалье́р (bersalʹjér)marksman or rifleman in Italian regiments
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APA
bersagliere. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bersagliere
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“bersagliere.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bersagliere. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bersagliere,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bersagliere.
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