fusilier

See also: Fusilier and füsilier

English

Alternative forms

fusileer

Etymology

French fusilier, from fusil.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌfjuːzɪˈlɪə/
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

fusilier (plural fusiliers)

An infantryman armed with a form of flintlock musket
(British) A soldier in any of several regiments that once fought with such weapons
a fish in family Caesionidae, related to snappers

Related terms

Translations

infantryman

Catalan: fuseller m
Finnish: fusilieeri
French: fusilier (fr) m
German: Füsilier (de) m
Ido: fusiliero (io)
Italian: fuciliere (it) m, bersagliere (it) m
Occitan: fusilhièr (oc) m
Polish: fizylier (pl) m, fizylierka f
Portuguese: fuzileiro (pt) m
Spanish: fusilero m

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fy.zi.lje/
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Noun

fusilier m (plural fusiliers)

rifleman

Further reading

“fusilier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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