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mousquetaire

mousquetaire


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mousquetaire  \Mous`que*taire"\,  n.  [F.] 
  1.  A  musketeer,  esp.  one  of  the  French  royal  musketeers  of 
  the  17th  and  18th  centuries,  conspicuous  both  for  their 
  daring  and  their  fine  dress. 
 
  2.  A  mosquetaire  cuff  or  glove,  or  other  article  of  dress 
  fancied  to  resemble  those  worn  by  the  French  mosquetaires 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  MOUSQUETAIRE,  n.  A  long  glove  covering  a  part  of  the  arm.  Worn  in 
  New  Jersey.  But  mousquetaire"  is  a  might  poor  way  to  spell 
  muskeeter.