Meanings
nouncarabineer (plural carabineers)
plural carabineers · alternative carabinier · alternative carbineer · alternative carbinier
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine
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Origin
- Frenchcarabinier
- Englishcarabineer
Borrowed from French carabinier, from carabine (“carbine”). By surface analysis, carabine + -eer.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan carrabiner
- carrabinercavalry soldier
Dutch karabinier
- karabiniercavalry soldier
Finnish karabinieeri
- karabinieericavalry soldier
French carabinier
- carabiniercavalry soldier
German Karabinier
- Karabiniercavalry soldier
Italian carabinière
- carabinièrecavalry soldier
Polish karabinier, karabinierka
- karabiniercavalry soldier
- karabinierkacavalry soldier
Portuguese carabineiro
- carabineirocavalry soldier
Spanish carabinero
- carabinerocavalry soldier
Turkish karabinyer
- karabinyercavalry soldier
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with carabineer
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
carabineer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carabineer
MLA
“carabineer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carabineer. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carabineer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carabineer.
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