Lexicographical Neighbors of Pistoliers
Literary usage of Pistoliers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Army: Its Origin, Progress, and Equipment by James Sibbald David Scott, Sibbald David Scott (1868)
"... OF CAVALRY— HOW MEN-AT-ARMS CHARGED INFANTRY MIXED UP WITH CAVALRY —SPEARS
AND LANCES—CUIRASSIERS AND pistoliers—LIGHT HORSE-—OFFENSIVE WEAPONS OF ..."
2. Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern by John Hewitt (1860)
"The ordinary mode of attack of pistoliers was by advancing close to the enemy,
when the first rank delivering their fire wheeled off to the right and left ..."
3. Calendar of State Papers: Foreign Series, of the Reign of Elizabeth by Great Britain Public Record Office (1867)
"The Lords of Berne in Switzerland have sent fifteen ensigns of Swiss and 300
pistoliers on horseback to aid the Prince. They are ready to enter Lyons, ..."
4. A Short History of the English People by John Richard Green (1908)
"FRENCH pistoliers AT THE STORMING OF ... 1672 (contemporary Dutch engraving) 1476
The pistoliers here depicted show that the lock has been so far perfected ..."
5. "The Fighting Veres.": Lives of Sir Francis Vere, General of the Queen's by Clements Robert Markham (1888)
"The cavalry consisted of lancers, pistoliers, carbines, and light-horse. ...
They charged on the flanks of the lancers and pistoliers, delivered their ..."
6. The Patrician edited by John Burke, Bernard Burke (1846)
"said she, 'how does Maitre Guichard Grand-Remy, captain of the town pistoliers,
go, in the procession at Candlemas ?' " The goat sat down and began to bleat ..."
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