Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A soldier in any of certain British army regiments formerly armed with fusils.
- noun A soldier armed with a fusil.
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- noun An
infantryman armed with a form offlintlock musket - noun UK A
soldier in any of severalregiments that once fought with such weapons
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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My favourite TV advert at the moment is that one for Bombardier English beer which stars Rik Mayall as an 18th-century fusilier whose catchphrase is: "Bang-on."
Another own goal for football's dummies | Kevin McKenna 2011
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My favourite TV advert at the moment is that one for Bombardier English beer which stars Rik Mayall as an 18th-century fusilier whose catchphrase is: "Bang-on."
Another own goal for football's dummies | Kevin McKenna 2011
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Reality rules, Honor the Truth - in memory of Chemist99a fusilier
Early indications of bipedalism in A. afarensis - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Minden SYW Austrians 2 on the left compared to an RSM Austrian in the center on a penney, and a Prussian fusilier painted as the Hesse Seewald Prinz Heinrich Fusilier Regt.
More Mindens Painted Der Alte Fritz 2009
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I also painted the one Prussian fusilier sample that I had in the imaginery uniform of the Prinz Heinrich Fusilier Regiment IR9 in the Hesse Seewald army.
More Mindens Painted Der Alte Fritz 2009
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Minden SYW Austrians 2 on the left compared to an RSM Austrian in the center on a penney, and a Prussian fusilier painted as the Hesse Seewald Prinz Heinrich Fusilier Regt.
Archive 2009-01-01 Der Alte Fritz 2009
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I also painted the one Prussian fusilier sample that I had in the imaginery uniform of the Prinz Heinrich Fusilier Regiment IR9 in the Hesse Seewald army.
Archive 2009-01-01 Der Alte Fritz 2009
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And while my identification skills are at the "purple one with yellow stripes" level, I do also enjoy the evocative names: three-stripe fusilier, diagonal-banded sweetlips, filamented flake, oblong silver biddy and freckled goatfish, not to mention the charming category of odd-shaped bottom dwellers.
Dive Time 2009
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In addition to hundreds of captured muskets, grenadier and fusilier mitre caps, uniform coats, cartridge boxes and other bits and pieces of equipment which I was able to see, for the most part, the castle also boasts an impressive collection of Prussian regimental flags.
Archive 2009-01-01 Der Alte Fritz 2009
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In addition to hundreds of captured muskets, grenadier and fusilier mitre caps, uniform coats, cartridge boxes and other bits and pieces of equipment which I was able to see, for the most part, the castle also boasts an impressive collection of Prussian regimental flags.
Esterhazy Hussars Der Alte Fritz 2009
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