Fusilier

Definition: Fusilier

Fusilier

Noun

1. (formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket.

Date "fusilier" was first used: 1680. (references)

Synonyms: Fusilier

Synonyms by domain: "Princess Irene" Fusilier Guards Regiment (public administration, military & defense), fusiliers (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology).

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Crosswords: Fusilier

English words defined with "fusilier": Fusileer. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Fusilier" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (Fusilier, rifleman).

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Image Slideshow: Fusilier

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Photo Album: Fusilier

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Falmouth, Va. Lord Abinger (William F. Scarlett, 3d Baron Abinger, Lt. Col. Scots Fusilier Guards) and group at headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Credit: Library of Congress.		Lieutenant Colonel Seymour, Fusilier Guards. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Captain Francis Baring, Fusilier Guards, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, attached to the Light Division. Credit: Library of Congress.		View of Balaklava, from camp of Fusilier Guards. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Captain Holder, Fusilier Guards. Credit: Library of Congress.		Oeuvre du fusilier marin et du soldat Breton. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Oeuvre du fusilier marin et du soldat Breton. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: Fusilier

"Fusilier" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 86.67% of the time. "Fusilier" is used about 15 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 Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	86.67%	13	97,576
Noun (singular)	6.67%	1	339,140
Adjective (comparative)	6.67%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	15	N/A

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

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Name Usage Frequency: Fusilier

The following table summarizes the usage of "fusilier" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Fusilier	Last name	300	27,684
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fusilier

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day
fusilier	6
fusilier marc	4
colorado fusilier	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Fusilier

Language		Translations for "fusilier"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Pushkatar (gunner, rifle shot, rifleman). (various references)

Bulgarian		Мускетер. (various references)

Chinese		�"较fusilier. (various references)

French		Fusilier. (various references)

Greek		Τυφεκιοφόροσ, Στρατιώτησ όε Τουφέκι. (various references)

Hungarian		Puskás Katona. (various references)

Italian		Fuciliere (fusileer, rifleman). (various references)

Pig Latin		usilierfay

Portuguese		fuzileiro (rifleman). (various references)

Russian		Фузилер. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		strelac (archer, bowman, jaeger, marksman, rifleman, sagittarius, shooter, skirmisher, tirailleur). (various references)

Spanish		Fusilero (rifleman). (various references)

Swedish		Fysiljär. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Fusilier

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Caesio, Caesio spp., focus. (various references)
Old French	900-1400	fusil. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Fusilier

Derivations
	Words beginning with "fusilier": fusiliers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Fusilier" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eusmilia, fuselian, Fuselier, fusille, fussilier, fusuline. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Fusilier

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-f-i-i-l-r-s-u"
	-2 letters: filers, fliers, furies, fusile, ireful, lifers, rifles.
	-3 letters: filer, files, fires, flier, flies, flues, fries, frise, fuels, furls, fusel, fusil, ileus, liers, lieus, lifer, lures, reifs, riels, rifle, riles, rules, serif, sieur, slier.
	-4 letters: feus, file, fils, fire, firs, flue, flus, fuel, furl, furs, fuse, ires, iris, isle, leis, lief, lier, lies, lieu.
	Words containing the letters "e-f-i-i-l-r-s-u"
	+1 letter: fusiliers, uglifiers.
	+2 letters: emulsifier, filibuster, fluidizers, liquefiers, luciferins, nullifiers, qualifiers, trisulfide.
	+3 letters: emulsifiers, filibusters, frugalities, reliquefies, requalifies, superficial, trisulfides.
	+4 letters: filibustered, filibusterer, griseofulvin, luminiferous, neurofibrils, perfidiously, prequalifies, viruliferous.
	+5 letters: desulfurizing, filibusterers, filibustering, fluorimetries, fossiliferous, gallimaufries, griseofulvins, nickeliferous, superfamilies, superficially, superfluidity, superfluities, unfriendliest.
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