"fusilier" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌfjuːzɪˈlɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: fusiliers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: French fusilier, from fusil. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|fusilier}} French fusilier, {{m|fr|fusil}} fusil Head templates: {{en-noun}} fusilier (plural fusiliers)
  1. An infantryman armed with a form of flintlock musket Translations (infantryman): fuseller [masculine] (Catalan), fusilieeri (Finnish), fusilier [masculine] (French), Füsilier [masculine] (German), fusiliero (Ido), fuciliere [masculine] (Italian), bersagliere [masculine] (Italian), fusilhièr [masculine] (Occitan), fizylier [masculine] (Polish), fizylierka [feminine] (Polish), fuzileiro [masculine] (Portuguese), fusilero [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fusilier-en-noun-r1qysANE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 48 42 Disambiguation of 'infantryman': 93 6 1
  2. (British) A soldier in any of several regiments that once fought with such weapons Tags: British
    Sense id: en-fusilier-en-noun-5TT5EGJq Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 48 42
  3. a fish in family Caesionidae, related to snappers Categories (lifeform): Percoid fish
    Sense id: en-fusilier-en-noun-bq1EMtGJ Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 9 11 80 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 48 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 30 45 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 24 32 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fusileer Related terms: fusil, McAlpine's Fusiliers

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