carbineer

Examples

• All

• As a young man, he dreamed of becoming a carbineer and riding into battle.

• During the war, many carbineers distinguished themselves in combat, showing great bravery.

• Used to be with the Carbineers.

  Breaker Morant (1980)

• Durnford's carbineer himself rode in the camp.

  Zulu Dawn (1979)

• And how was discipline in the Carbineers?

  Breaker Morant (1980)

• I joined the Carbineers as intelligence officer... at the request of Lord Kitchener.

  Breaker Morant (1980)

• Why did you leave the Bushveldt Carbineers?

  Breaker Morant (1980)

• You are a regular soldier and were one of the first to join the Bushveldt Carbineers.

  Breaker Morant (1980)

• The defendants, Major, were serving in the Bushveldt Carbineers... a unit under British command.

  Breaker Morant (1980)

• Charles, you've heard of the Bushveldt Carbineers?

  Breaker Morant (1980)

Synonyms

R

rifleman

vscarbineer

5 4.9

A soldier who uses a rifle as their main weapon

refers to mounted troops armed with a shorter cavalry firearm rather than infantry rifles

C

carabineer

vscarbineer

• Archaic

1 9.9

A soldier who fights on horseback and uses a short rifle

has identical meaning but represents an alternate spelling form

C

carabinier

vscarbineer

• Archaic

9.9

A soldier on horseback who carries a short rifle, often in older armies

means the same thing but is a different traditional form

R

rifler

vscarbineer

9.1

A person, often a soldier, who shoots with a rifle

indicates a mounted military role using a shorter cavalry firearm not general rifle use

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology