Musketeer: alternatives and connections

To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as…

A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later inv…

A soldier armed with an arquebus.

A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was use…

A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.

A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offens…

A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore.

A light-armed, irregular foot soldier.

A small ball.

A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted soldiers or cavalry.

A soldier armed with a carbine.

A soldier armed with a cuirass.

A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded…

Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming.

A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.

Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat; fusible.