fusilier : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fusilier	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fusilier
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fusilier n (formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fusileer \Fu"sileer"\, Fusilier* \Fu"sil*ier"\, n. [F. fusilier, fr. fusil.] (Mil.) (a) Formerly, a soldier armed with a fusil. Hence, in the plural: (b) A title now borne by some regiments and companies; as, [bd]The Royal Fusiliers,[b8] etc.