† corsleteern.
Obsolete.
A soldier armed with a corslet.
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helma1400
knight caligate1562
iron man1596
corslet1598
corsleteer1609
corslet-man1611
cuirassier1625
kurisee1649
cataphract1671
hoplomachist1793
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xvi. xii. 69 The Corselettiers [L. cataphracti] and the Archers.
1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 169 Xenophon with his brigade, consisting of 17 hundred corseletteers, and 800 targateers.
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