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FUSILIER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fusilier mean?
• FUSILIER (noun)
The noun FUSILIER has 1 sense:
1. (formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket
Familiarity information: FUSILIER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("fusilier" is a kind of...):
foot soldier; footslogger; infantryman; marcher (fights on foot with small arms)
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