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Definition of: mousquetaire
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s′kə·târ′) noun
1. A member of one of the two companies of mounted muske teers forming the bodyguard of the French kings between 1622 and 1786.
2. A woman's cloth cloak with large buttons: in fashion about 1855.
3. A long glove of kid or silk, loose about the wrist: worn by women [<F, musketeer]
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