# musketeer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌmʌs.kəˈtɪə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #65,329

## Definitions
1. A foot soldier armed with a musket.
2. In 17th- and 18th-century France, a member of the royal household bodyguard.
3. A comrade or fellow.

## Etymology
From Middle French mousquetaire in the late 16th century. By surface analysis, musket + -eer. Doublet of mousquetaire.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/musketeer