halberdier
Noun
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Noun
halberdier (plural halberdiers)
- A soldier armed with a halberd.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume (
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- Jones did not think fit to acquaint the serjeant with his design; though he might have done it with great safety, for the halberdier was himself a man of honour, and had killed his man.
- French: hallebardier
- German: Hellebardier, Hellebardenträger
- Italian: alabardiere
- Portuguese: alabardeiro
- Russian: алебардщик
- Spanish: alabardero
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