"carabin" meaning in French

See carabin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ka.ʁa.bɛ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-carabin.wav Forms: carabins [plural]
Etymology: 1583 in the sense "light cavalrist". Later (1803) also "medical student". Etymology uncertain, suggestions include scarrabin "corpse-bearer during the plague" (1521), probably an ironic metaphor from a meaning "plague beetle" (from the family of escarbot, from Latin scarabaeus). This suggestion implies that the soldiers called carabins were named after their reputation of rapidly and reliably dispatching of their enemies. Alternatively, the meaning "medical student" may be primary, the ironic meaning being attached to "surgeons" (carabin de St Côme, recorded 1650, Saint Cosmas being their patron), with the transfer to "light cavalrist" taking place with a certain military unit enroled under the banner of the same saint. Possibly ultimately related to or from Arabic خَرَبَ (ḵaraba, “to ruin”). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|la|scarabaeus}} Latin scarabaeus, {{der|fr|ar|خ ر ب|خَرَبَ|t=to ruin}} Arabic خَرَبَ (ḵaraba, “to ruin”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} carabin m (plural carabins)
  1. carabineer Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-carabin-fr-noun-6~aybdrv
  2. medical student Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Military units
    Sense id: en-carabin-fr-noun-u3MBUJAL Disambiguation of Military units: 23 77 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 18 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 21 53 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 29 71

Inflected forms

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