mousquetaire

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˌmuːskɪˈtɛə(ɹ)/ /-kə-/

Word forms

mousquetaire mousquetaires

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French mousquetaire. Doublet of musketeer.

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