CARABINEER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carabineer mean? 

• CARABINEER (noun)
  The noun CARABINEER has 1 sense:

1. a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine

  Familiarity information: CARABINEER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARABINEER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

carabineer; carabinier; carbineer

Hypernyms ("carabineer" is a kind of...):

rifleman (a soldier whose weapon is a rifle)

Derivation:

carbine (light automatic rifle)