musketeer

/ˌmʌs.kəˈtɪə(ɹ)/

musketeer means A foot soldier armed with a musket. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 67 out of 100.

musketeer is pronounced /ˌmʌs.kəˈtɪə(ɹ)/.

Etymology

From Middle French mousquetaire in the late 16th century. By surface analysis, musket + -eer. Doublet of mousquetaire.

noun

A foot soldier armed with a musket.
In 17th- and 18th-century France, a member of the royal household bodyguard.
A comrade or fellow.“Reuniting the cast of Trainspotting for a new adventure 21 years on could have gone badly. The BBC’s misjudged This Life + 10, bringing the cast of the iconic 90s TV drama back together, is a case in point. But Boyle and his four musketeers give it just the right frantic, jaded energy and manic anxiety.”
A fan, supporter or partisan of Elon Musk.“This was the rock that Musk and his Musketeers planned to build their company on.”