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Musket

Musket Meaning & Definition
Musket Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Musket?

[n] a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen

Synonyms | Synonyms for Musket:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Musket: automatic | blowgun | blowpipe | firearm | flamethrower | gat | gun | handgun | heater | peashooter | piece | pistol | repeater | revolver | rifle | rod | sawed-off shotgun | shooting iron | shotgun | six-gun | six-shooter

See Also | blunderbuss | fusil | matchlock | muzzle loader

Musket In Webster's Dictionary

\Mus"ket\, n. [F. mousquet, It. moschetto, formerly, a kind of hawk; cf. OF. mousket, moschet, a kind of hawk falcon, F. mouchet, prop., a little fly (the hawk prob. being named from its size), fr. L. musca a fly. Cf. {Mosquito}.] [Sometimes written also {musquet}.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) The male of the sparrow hawk. 2. A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been generally superseded by the rifle.

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