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CARBINEER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does carbineer mean?
• CARBINEER (noun)
The noun CARBINEER has 1 sense:
1. a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine
Familiarity information: CARBINEER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
carabineer; carabinier; carbineer
Hypernyms ("carbineer" is a kind of...):
rifleman (a soldier whose weapon is a rifle)
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