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Bandolier

Definition: Bandolier

Bandolier

Noun

1. A broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "bandolier" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references)

Synonym: Bandolier

Synonym: bandoleer (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Bandolier

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A bandolier is a pocketed belt for holding ammunition. In its original form, it was common issue to soldiers from the 16th to 18th centuries. A somewhat different form came into use in the 20th century for use with modern cartridges.

Bandolier is also an album by Budgie.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bandolier."

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Synonyms within Context: Bandolier

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Store

Budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio; coffer; (receptacle).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Commercial Usage: Bandolier

DomainTitle

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Bandolier

"Bandolier" is generally used as an adjective (comparative) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bandolier" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (comparative)100%6143,867

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bandolier

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bandolier

15

bandolier national monument

8

bandolier national park

3

bandolier cartridge

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Bandolier

Language Translations for "bandolier"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

gjerdan (bandoleer, circlet, necklace, necklet, string), fishekore (bandoleer). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حزام عريض للكتف يوضع فيه الرصاص عاد. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

патрондаш (bandoleer, cartridge belt). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

子弹带 (Bandoleer). (various references)

   

French

  

cartouchière. (various references)

   

German

  

patronengürtel (cartridge belt). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ח'ור (belt, belted, girded, girdle, personal equipment). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

vállszalag (brace, diagonal brace, sash, scarf, scarves). (various references)

   

Italian

  

bandoliera (Baldric). (various references)

   

Manx

  

cryss gheaylin (Sam Brown, shoulder belt). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

andolierbay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

bandoleira (bandoleer, cartridge belt, cross belt, shoulder belt, shoulder loop). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

патронташ (ammunition belt, bandoleer, cartridge belt). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

redenik (cartridge belt), naprtač (bandoleer). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

bandolera (bandoleer, belt, shoulder belt, shoulder strap), cartuchera (bandoleer, cartridge box, cartridge case, pouch). (various references)

   

Thai

  

แถบลูกปืนที่ใช้รั"หรือพา"บริเว"ไหล่ (bandoleer). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

palaska (bandoleer, cartridge belt, sword belt), omuz kayışı (bandoleer, shoulder belt), fişeklik (bandoleer, cartridge belt). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Bandolier

Derivations

Words beginning with "bandolier": bandoliers. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Bandolier" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bandalier, bandolear, bandolieroed, Bandoline, Bandolo, Bandoola, Bardoli, bedsoiler, Benoliel, Mandelker. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Bandolier"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "bandolier" (pronounced ba'nduli"r)
6-n d u l i" rchandelier, gondolier.
4-u l i" rcavalier, Chevalier.
3-l i" rclear, fleer, Lear, unclear.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Bandolier

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-i-l-n-o-r"

-1 letter: banderol, bilander, debonair.

-2 letters: aileron, alienor, aneroid, bandore, bedrail, blander, blinder, blonder, brailed, brained, brindle, broaden, broiled, dariole, inboard, labored, labroid, ladrone, ordinal, ridable.

-3 letters: abider, albedo, albino, aldrin, alined, aliner, ariled, bailed, bailer, bailor, balder, bander, berlin, binder, bindle, birled, blared, blonde, boiled, boiler, bolder, bolide, bonder, bonier, borane, bordel, boreal, boride, bridal, bridle, brined, darnel, denari, denial, derail, dialer, dinero, doable, eidola, eolian, inbred, indole, inroad, ironed, ladino, ladron, laired, lander, lardon, larine, librae, linear, loader, loaned, loaner, nailed, nailer, neroli, nobler, obelia, ordain, ordeal, railed, rained, rebind, reboil, redial, relaid, reload, reloan, renail, ribald, riband, roadie, roband, roiled, rondel.

-4 letters: abide, abler, abode, aboil, adobe, adore, adorn, aider, ailed, aired, alder, alien, aline, aloin, alone, anile, anode, anole, ardeb, ariel, aroid, bairn, baled, baler, baned, barde, bared, baron, beano, beard, bider, bield, binal, birle, blade, blain, bland, blare, blear, blend, blind, blond, board, bolar, boned, boner, boral, bored, borne, braid, brail, brain, brand, bread, bride, brine, broad, broil, danio, deair, debar, denar, dinar, diner, dobie, dobla, dobra, drail, drain, drone, elain, eland, eloin, enrol, ideal, idler, indol, irade, irone, labor, laden, lader, laird, learn, liane, liard, liber, libra, lidar, lined, liner, lobar, lobed, loden, loner, loran, nadir, naled, nerol, nidal, noble, nodal, noria, oared, obeli, oiled, oiler, olden, older, oldie, olein, orbed, oread, oriel, rabid, radio, radon, ranid, rebid, redan, redia, redon, renal, reoil, riled, robed, robin, roble.

-5 letters: abed, able, abri, aeon, aero, aide, airn, aloe, anil, arid, aril, bade, bail, bald, bale, band, bane, bani, bard, bare, barn, bead, bean, bear, bend, bide, bier, bile, bind, bine, bird, birl, blae, bled, blin, boar, bode, boil, bola, bold, bole, bond, bone, bora, bore, born, brad, brae, bran, bred, bren, brie, brin, brio, dale, darb, dare, darn, deal, dean, dear, deil, deli, deni, dial, diel, dine, diol, dire, dirl, doer, dole, dona, done, dore, drab, drib, earl, earn, ebon, elan, enol, idea, idle, idol, ilea, inro, ired, iron, lade, laid, lain, lair, land, lane, lard, lari, lead, lean, lear, lend, leno, liar, lido, lied, lien, lier, line, lino, lion, lira, lire, load, loan, lobe, lode, loin, lone, lord, lore, lorn, nabe, nail, naoi, nard, near, nerd, nide, node, nodi, noel, noil, noir, nori, obia, odea, olea, orad, oral, orle, raid, rail, rain, rale, rand, rani, read, real, redo, rein, rend, rial, ride, riel, rile, rind, road, roan, robe, rode, roil, role.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-i-l-n-o-r"
 

+1 letter: bandoliers, debonairly, linerboard, panbroiled.

 

+2 letters: linerboards.

 

+3 letters: banderillero, considerable, considerably, deliberation, dishonorable, imponderable, imponderably.

 

+4 letters: banderilleros, bidirectional, considerables, deliberations, imponderables, nondeliberate, radiolabeling, subordinately.

 

+5 letters: bildungsromane, bowdlerization, contradictable, defibrillation, formidableness, inconsiderable, inconsiderably, indemonstrable, indemonstrably, indiscoverable, radiolabelling, rediscountable, undiscoverable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Bandolier


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 61 6E 64 6F 6C 69 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01100001 01101110 01100100 01101111 01101100 01101001 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#97 &#110 &#100 &#111 &#108 &#105 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0061 006E 0064 006F 006C 0069 0065 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

366780708178757184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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