Arquebus

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  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • See harquebus, harquebusier.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention.
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  • noun. an obsolete matchlock firearm
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  • noun. an obsolete firearm with a long barrel
    • Word Usage
    "He fought the Mohawk and Onondaga with wooden armor and an early firearm called the arquebus"
    Equivalent
    arquebuse  
    Form
    arquebusier  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    muzzle-loader  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    10-round  25-35  Rosamund  arquebuse  bolt-action  
    variant
    harquebus  
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