Meanings
fusilier1
nounfusilier (plural fusiliers)
plural fusiliers · alternative fusileer
- An infantryman armed with a form of flintlock musket.
Synonyms: fusee
- UKA soldier in any of several regiments that once fought with such weapons.
- A fish in family Caesionidae, related to snappers.
Fusilier2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn infantryman armed with a form of flintlock musket.
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Origin
fusilier · noun
- Frenchfusilier
- Englishfusilier
Borrowed from French fusilier, from fusil.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Fusilier · proper noun
- FrenchFusilier
- EnglishFusilier
Borrowed from French Fusilier.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan fuseller
- fusellerinfantryman
Finnish fusilieeri
- fusilieeriinfantryman
French fusilier
- fusilierinfantryman
German Füsilier
- Füsilierinfantryman
Italian fuciliere, bersagliere
- fuciliereinfantryman
- bersagliereinfantryman
Polish fizylier, fizylierka
- fizylierinfantryman
- fizylierkainfantryman
Portuguese fuzileiro
- fuzileiroinfantryman
Russian фузилёр
- фузилёр (fuziljór)infantryman
Spanish fusilero
- fusileroinfantryman
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fusilier
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
fusilier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fusilier
MLA
“fusilier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fusilier. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fusilier,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fusilier.
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