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Fusilier   Listen
noun
Fusilier, Fusileer  n.  (Mil.)
(a)
Formerly, a soldier armed with a fusil. Hence, in the plural:
(b)
A title now borne by some regiments and companies; as, "The Royal Fusiliers," etc.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Fusilier" Quotes from Famous Books



... set off over the cobbles. They joined up with another small group, and for the first time Peter had to give his name as he was introduced. He forgot the others, as soon as he heard them, and they forgot his. A big Dublin Fusilier officer with a tiny moustache, that seemed ludicrous in his great face, exchanged a few sentences with him. They left the quay and crossed a wide space where a bridge debouched towards the railway-station. Donovan, ...
— Simon Called Peter • Robert Keable



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