"Three Musketeers" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: the Three Musketeers [canonical, plural]
Etymology: Named after the 1844 historical adventure novel The Three Musketeers, originally published as French Les Trois Mousquetaires, by Alexandre Dumas. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|Les Trois Mousquetaires}} French Les Trois Mousquetaires Head templates: {{en-noun|p|def=1|head=Three Musketeers}} the Three Musketeers pl (plural only)
  1. (idiomatic) A group of three people who are very closely associated; a trio. Tags: idiomatic, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-Three_Musketeers-en-noun-OMWBRkrz
  2. plural of Three Musketeer Tags: form-of, plural, plural-only Form of: Three Musketeer Categories (topical): Fictional characters Synonyms: three musketeers Related terms: one for all, all for one, Three Musketeer
    Sense id: en-Three_Musketeers-en-noun-KexY1RtB Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 4 96 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 94 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 91

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