(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:54:14

Ar`que*bus*ier (#), n. [F. arquebusier.]

A soldier armed with an arquebus.

Soldiers armed with guns, of whatsoever sort or denomination, appear to have been called arquebusiers. E. Lodge.

 

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