musket (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *musket*:
NOUN	artifact	musket	a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel

musket > pronunciation
Sounds	mah'skaht
Rhymes	abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht...

English > *musket*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen.
Narrower	blunderbuss	A short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
	culverin	A medieval musket
	fusil	A light flintlock musket
	matchlock	An early style of musket
Broader	muzzle loader	An obsolete firearm that was loaded through the muzzle
Spanish	mosquete
Catalan	mosquet
Nouns	musketeer	a foot soldier armed with a musket

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