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fusilier Definition


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fusilier
noun
    1. historical
      An infantryman armed with a fusil, which is a light musket.
    2. A member of any of several British regiments formerly armed with these.
Etymology: 17c: from French fusilier, from fuisil a musket with a flintlock.



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