Having completed my studies there, I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as Assistant Surgeon.
Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study In Scarlet
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Merriam-Webster
— a soldier armed with a fusil
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Macmillan
— a soldier who fought in the past using a musket
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Collins
— an infantryman armed with a light musket
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Other Word Forms
fusilier
Usage
1 uses of ‘fusiliers’ in A Study In Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle