English Explanatory Dictionary

Three Musketeer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any one of the Three Musketeers in Alexandre Dumas' novel of the same name, i.e. either Athos, Aramis, or Porthos.

Word forms

Three Musketeer Three Musketeers

Etymology

Formed due to a misinterpretation of Three Musketeers as a compound noun that includes the stem three rather than as a plurale tantum proper noun.

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