mousquetaire
Meanings
noun
- A musketeer, especially one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries, famed for their daring and their fine clothing.
- A mousquetaire cuff or mousquetaire glove, or other article of dress imagined to resemble those worn by the French mosquetaires.
- A woman's cloak trimmed with ribbons, with large buttons, fashionable in the mid-19th century.
- A broad turnover linen collar worn in the mid-19th century.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French mousquetaire. Doublet of musketeer.
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