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musketeer

[muhs-ki-teer] / ˌmʌs kɪˈtɪər /


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More than 350 years after the death of legendary French musketeer d'Artagnan, remains have been found under the floor of a Dutch church that may well have been his.

From BBC Mar. 25, 2026

Swordsman D’Artagnan arrives in Paris chasing his dreams to become a king’s musketeer, where he commits many a faux pas and gets robbed, among other indignities.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 15, 2023

Here’s William Fotheringham’s pocket guide to today’s stage, which starts at Pau - birthplace of Isaac de Porthau, real-life musketeer and inspiration for Alexandre Dumas’s Porthos, fact fans - and ends at Laruns.

From The Guardian Sep. 6, 2020

D’Artagnan is “the musketeer team, you know,” Daguin said, referencing the swashbuckling character after whom she named her company.

From Washington Post May 23, 2020

Mesa had charge of the artillery, while the rest of our men were commanded by Diego de Ordas, who, though he knew nothing of the cavalry service, excelled as a crossbow-man and musketeer.

From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

On view were hastily brushed, large canvases of musketeers, toreadors, atelier scenes and cavorting couples.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

The saying "three is a crowd" seems not only to apply to "The Three Investigators" and the three musketeers.

From Science Daily Mar. 25, 2024

LIEBER: Gaby, you write about what you call the three buzzkill musketeers of getting better at money: shame, embarrassment and anxiety.

From New York Times Feb. 15, 2019

His Phillipe, on the other hand, is movingly pitiable — terrified and vulnerable when the righteous musketeers arrive and remove the iron mask from his sun-deprived face.

From Washington Post May 16, 2016

“It has four musketeers in it, but nobody seems to mind.”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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