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Noun: fusileer
  1. (historically) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket
    "The fusileers formed a crucial part of the army's light infantry during the Napoleonic Wars";
    - fusilier

Derived forms: fusileers

Type of: foot soldier, footslogger [informal], marcher