English Explanatory Dictionary

carabinero

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A frontier guard (or similar) in Spain or South America.
  2. A member of the uniformed Chilean national police force and gendarmerie, the "Carabineros de Chile".
  3. A member of an armed force, in Spain between 1829 and 1940, whose mission was to patrol the coasts and borders of the country.

Word forms

carabinero carabineros

Etymology

From Spanish carabinero.

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