Musketeers meaning: A musketeer is a

A musketeer is a soldier armed with a musket , historically part of infantry units in the 16th to 18th centuries. The term is also famously linked to the fictional trio in The Three Musketeers. musketeer Definition , Meaning & SynonymsA musketeer is a soldier armed with a musket, especially one who was part of a regiment in the French army during the 17th and 18th centuries. A musketeer is a soldier who carried a musket or guarded the French king in the 17th and 18th centuries. Learn more about the history, pronunciation and translations of this word with Cambridge Dictionary. musketeer , n. meanings , etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary