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Definition of Fusilier
1. Noun. (formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket.
Definition of Fusilier
1. Noun. An infantryman armed with a form of flintlock musket ¹
2. Noun. (British) A soldier in any of several regiments that once fought with such weapons ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fusilier
1. a soldier armed with a fusil [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fusilier
Literary usage of Fusilier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Judicial Committee and the by Great Britain Privy Council. Judicial Committee (1866)
"THE " fusilier." THIS was originally a cause of salvage instituted by 8th & 9th
the Respondents, the owners, masters, and crews of Ll^ The words and the ..."
2. Reports of the Cases Relating to Maritime Law: Decided by the Court of by John Crockford, Great Britain High Court of Admiralty (1868)
"THE fusilier. Clarke, 8 TR 259.) Nor does it make any difference that the ...
The apps., the owners of the cargo on board the fusilier, the vessel salved, ..."
3. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... called the Grenadier, Coldstream, and Scots fusilier Guards. House). To give
or receive the Eucharist. ..."
4. Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Admiralty of England: And on by Great Britain High Court of Admiralty, Vernon Lushington (1868)
"The lifeboat returned to the fusilier, but was shortly summoned by signals from
the tug to ... The lifeboat then left the fusilier and did not return again. ..."
5. Reports of Cases in the Probate Court of the City and County of San by Milton Hills Myrick, Timothy Henry Rearden (1880)
"Nolan had no recollection that the word "will" was used by any person; did not
recollect that fusilier made any declaration or said anything of consequence; ..."
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