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Word: Musket
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: from French mousquet, from Italian moschetto ‘crossbow bolt’, from mosca ‘a fly’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmʌskɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an infantryman's light gun with a long barrel, typically smooth-bored and fired from the shoulder
Short Definition:infantryman's light gun with long barrel
Examples:- a volley of musket fire
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