Meanings
nounhalberdier (plural halberdiers)
plural halberdiers
- A soldier armed with a halberd.
Jones did not think fit to acquaint the serjeant with his design; though he might have done it with great safety, for the halberdier was himself a man of honour, and had killed his man.
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
Translations
Catalan alabarder
- alabardera soldier armed with a halberd
French hallebardier
- hallebardiera soldier armed with a halberd
German Hellebardier, Hellebardenträger
- Hellebardiera soldier armed with a halberd
- Hellebardenträgera soldier armed with a halberd
Hungarian alabárdos
- alabárdosa soldier armed with a halberd
Icelandic hermaður vopnaður bryntrölli, hermaður vopnaður atgeir
- hermaður vopnaður bryntröllia soldier armed with a halberd
- hermaður vopnaður atgeira soldier armed with a halberd
Italian alabardiere
- alabardierea soldier armed with a halberd
Portuguese alabardeiro
- alabardeiroa soldier armed with a halberd
Russian алебардщик
- алебардщик (alebardščik)a soldier armed with a halberd
Spanish alabardero
- alabarderoa soldier armed with a halberd
Turkish baltacı
- baltacıa soldier armed with a halberd
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with halberdier
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APA
halberdier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halberdier
MLA
“halberdier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halberdier. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “halberdier,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halberdier.
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