Explore Musketeer through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like infantryman or marcher. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Musketeer meaning
- A foot soldier armed with a musket.
- In 17th- and 18th-century France, a member of the royal household bodyguard.
- A comrade or fellow.
Synonyms of Musketeer
Using Musketeer
- The main meaning on this page is: A foot soldier armed with a musket. | In 17th- and 18th-century France, a member of the royal household bodyguard. | A comrade or fellow.
- Useful related words include: infantryman, marcher, foot soldier, footslogger.
- In the example corpus, musketeer often appears in combinations such as: operation musketeer.
Context around Musketeer
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Musketeer
- In this selection, "musketeer" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, operation, relic, defender, senior and needed stand out and add context to how "musketeer" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a musketeer defender lobbed and a musketeer left two. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "musketeer" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with musketeer
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A musketeer (left), two ensigns (centre), grenadier (right). (8 words)
They initiated Operation Musketeer on 31 October, with a bombing campaign. (11 words)
Musketeer would require thousands of troops, leading the British to seek out France as an ally. (16 words)
Logging into the game on PS5 for the first time will unlock the 4-star Cavern Relic Musketeer of Wild Wheat set, and a number of rewards will be delivered to Trailblazers across all platforms after the PS5 release based on the pre-registration numbers. (45 words)
Algerian War As soon as they disembarked from the carriers that took part in Operation Musketeer, at the end of 1956, all three Corsair Flotillas, moved to Telergma and Oran airfields in Algeria from where they provided CAS and helicopter escort. (41 words)
A few days later, Operation Musketeer needed the element of total surprise to succeed, and all 660 men had to be on the ground at El Gamil airfield and ready for action within four and a half minutes. (38 words)
Example sentences (10)
Logging into the game on PS5 for the first time will unlock the 4-star Cavern Relic Musketeer of Wild Wheat set, and a number of rewards will be delivered to Trailblazers across all platforms after the PS5 release based on the pre-registration numbers.
A Musketeer defender lobbed a ball from the half, the ball bounced untouched over a Hoya defender and fell perfectly to Dewey, who touched it past freshman goalkeeper Anna Leat.
After the last tie of the game at 8-8 on a triple by Musketeer senior Luke Trentman around the 4-minute mark, they did not score again in the opening period.
A few days later, Operation Musketeer needed the element of total surprise to succeed, and all 660 men had to be on the ground at El Gamil airfield and ready for action within four and a half minutes.
Algerian War As soon as they disembarked from the carriers that took part in Operation Musketeer, at the end of 1956, all three Corsair Flotillas, moved to Telergma and Oran airfields in Algeria from where they provided CAS and helicopter escort.
A major problem both politically and militarily with the planning for Musketeer was the one week interval between sending troops to the eastern Mediterranean and the beginning of the invasion.
A musketeer (left), two ensigns (centre), grenadier (right).
Musketeer would require thousands of troops, leading the British to seek out France as an ally.
On 11 August 1956 General Keightley was appointed commander of Musketeer with the French Admiral Barjot as his deputy commander.
They initiated Operation Musketeer on 31 October, with a bombing campaign.
Common combinations with musketeer
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: