Mousquetaire

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the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A musketeer, esp. one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries, conspicuous both for their daring and their fine dress.
  • n. A mosquetaire cuff or glove, or other article of dress fancied to resemble those worn by the French mosquetaires.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A musketeer.
  • n. A turn-over collar, usually of plain starched linen, and broad, worn by women about 1850.
  • n. A cloak of cloth, trimmed with ribbons or narrow bands of velvet, and having large buttons, worn by women about 1855.
  • Word Usage
    "To this remonstrance, which was delivered with a very significant countenance, the mousquetaire made no other reply, but that of echoing his assertion with a loud laugh, in which he was joined by his confederates."
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