How do you use Fusiliers in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Fusiliers meaning
plural of fusilier
Using Fusiliers
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of fusilier
- In the example corpus, fusiliers often appears in combinations such as: lancashire fusiliers, of fusiliers, sherbrooke fusiliers.
Context around Fusiliers
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fusiliers
- In this selection, "fusiliers" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lancashire, sherbrooke, inniskilling, marines and museum stand out and add context to how "fusiliers" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at the fusiliers museum on and presented the fusiliers with the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fusiliers" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fusiliers
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In 1671, plug bayonets were issued to the French regiment of fusiliers then raised. (14 words)
He was then commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers on 15 July 1915. (17 words)
In 1914 The Royal Welch Fusiliers did not participate in any Christmas 1914 Football Game with the Germans. (18 words)
Léon Gauthier, a French World War II veteran, poses for a photo on the Day of Remembrance in honor of the 177 French commandos of the Kieffer Fusiliers Marines, who took part in the Normandy landings, in Colleville-Montgomery, France June 6, 2023. (43 words)
The full dress of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, as worn by the entire regiment until 1914, included a racoon-skin hat (bearskin for officers) with a white hackle and a scarlet tunic with the dark blue facings of a Royal regiment. (41 words)
The regiment was numbered as the 23rd Regiment of Foot, though it was one of the first regiments to be granted the honour of a fusilier title and so was known as The Welch Regiment of Fusiliers from 1702. (39 words)
Example sentences (18)
He joined the Army in Glasgow on 1 December 1914 and was posted to 6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Joe served in Cyprus as part of the Lancashire Fusiliers in the 1950s and his gritty determination ensured the Blackrod Poppy Appeal would continue to honour our soldiers.
Léon Gauthier, a French World War II veteran, poses for a photo on the Day of Remembrance in honor of the 177 French commandos of the Kieffer Fusiliers Marines, who took part in the Normandy landings, in Colleville-Montgomery, France June 6, 2023.
My first job was a territorial army soldier with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers while I was doing my A-Levels (which I soon lost interest in).
Part of the Bury Big Help Out will be held at the Gallipoli Garden’s at the Fusiliers Museum on Monday, May 8, from 10am to 4pm.
The Inniskillings Museum is the regimental museum of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards.
Goats have been recruited by the Royal Welsh regiment since Queen Victoria presented the Fusiliers with the first official Royal goat in 1844.
He left for the war on August 22, 1914, and served for four years in the 15th Battalion with the Lancashire Fusiliers.
According to the memoirs of the Reverend Mervyn S. Evers, Anglican chaplain to the Lancashire Fusiliers: "The Schwaben Redoubt'' by William Orpen.
Deploying reinforcements Soldiers of the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade deploying in Nan White Sector With Juno itself largely secured, Keller prepared to deploy the reserves of the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade and tanks of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers.
He was then commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers on 15 July 1915.
In 1671, plug bayonets were issued to the French regiment of fusiliers then raised.
In 1914 The Royal Welch Fusiliers did not participate in any Christmas 1914 Football Game with the Germans.
On 29 April, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers under Sgt Robert Flood shot dead two British officers and two Irish civilian employees of the Guinness brewery after mistaking them for rebels.
The full dress of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, as worn by the entire regiment until 1914, included a racoon-skin hat (bearskin for officers) with a white hackle and a scarlet tunic with the dark blue facings of a Royal regiment.
The operational plan also called for the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade and the Sherbrooke Fusiliers to be deployed to Juno as reinforcements within 4 to 6 hours of the initial assault.
The regiment was numbered as the 23rd Regiment of Foot, though it was one of the first regiments to be granted the honour of a fusilier title and so was known as The Welch Regiment of Fusiliers from 1702.
Zuehlke, p. 294 At 16:45, the North Novas assembled in Beny, and were the target of concentrated German mortar fire as the Sherbrooke Fusiliers de-waterproofed their tanks.
Common combinations with fusiliers
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: