arquebusier

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arquebusier - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Arquebusier \Ar`que*bus*ier\, n. [F. arquebusier.]
     A soldier armed with an arquebus.
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           Soldiers armed with guns, of whatsoever sort or
           denomination, appear to have been called arquebusiers.
                                                    --E. Lodge.
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