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Definitions of carbineer in various dictionaries:
noun - a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine
CARBINEER - A carabinier (also sometimes spelled carabineer or carbineer) is in principle a soldier armed with a carbine. A carbine is a shorter version of a mus...
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Sep 19 2018 The Times - Cryptic |
May 19 2011 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
Jul 9 2010 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
Jun 13 2008 The Times - Cryptic |
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Variant of carabineer. |
Word Origin and History for bcarabineerb Expand. n. "mounted soldier armed with a carbine," 1670s, from French carabinier (17c.), from carabine "carbine" (see carbine). Italian carabinieri "soldiers serving as a police force" is the same word. |
A light automatic rifle. |
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A Carabinier (also sometimes spelled carabineer or carbineer) is in principle a soldier armed with a carbine. A carbine is a shorter version of a musket or rifle. Carabiniers were first introduced during the Napoleonic Wars in Europe. The word is derived from the identical French word carabinier. * Historically, carabiniers were generally (but not always) horse soldiers. The carbine was considered a more appropriate firearm for a horseman than a full-length musket, since it was lighter and easier to handle while on horseback. Light infantry sometimes carried carbines because they are less encumbering when moving rapidly, especially through vegetation, but in most armies the tendency was to equip light infantry with longer-range weapons such as rifles rather than shorter-range weapons such as carbines. In Italy and Spain, carbines were considered suitable equipment for soldiers with policing roles, so the term carabinier evolved to sometimes denote gendarmes and border guards. * Today, the |