musketeer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   historical: a foot soldier armed with a musket

   The musketeer loaded his weapon while the front rank held position.

2. 2
   noun

   A comrade or fellow.

   Reuniting the cast of Trainspotting for a new adventure 21 years on could have gone badly. The BBC’s misjudged This Life + 10, bringing the cast of the iconic 90s TV drama back together, is a case in point. But Boyle and his four musketeers give it just the right frantic, jaded energy and manic anxiety.

From Middle French mousquetaire in the late 16th century. By surface analysis, musket + -eer. Doublet of mousquetaire.

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