单词 | fusilier |
释义 | fusiliern. Originally, a soldier armed with a fusil (see fusil n.2 2). In the British army, the designation of ‘Fusiliers’ is still retained by certain regiments which are distinguished from the other regiments of the line only by wearing a kind of busby and by some small peculiarities of costume. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British Ulsters1649 Scots Guardsa1675 fusilier1680 guards1682 Scots Dragoons1689 Scots Fusiliers1689 Inniskilling1715 Scots Greys1728 blue1737 Black Watch1739 Oxford blues1766 green linnets1793 Grenadiers1800 slashers1802 the Buffs1806 tartan1817 Gay Gordons1823 cheesemongers1824 Green Jacket1824 The Bays1837 RHA1837 dirty half-hundred1841 die-hard1844 lifeguard1849 cherry-picker1865 lancer-regiment1868 cheeses1877 Territorial Regiment1877 the Sweeps1879 dirty shirts1887 Scottish Rifles1888 shiner1891 Yorkshire1898 imperials1899 Irish guards1902 Hampshires1904 BEF1914 Old Contemptibles1915 contemptibles1917 Tank Corps1917 the Tins1918 skins1928 pioneer corps1939 red devils1943 Blues and Royals1968 U.D.R.1969 1680 Eng. Mil. Discipl. (new ed.) iv. 132 The Fusiliers have for Arms the Sword, the Bayonet, and Fusil or Fire-lock. 1686 London Gaz. No. 2135/1 His Majesties Company of Fuseleers of this City, Commanded by Captain Graham. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xxxiv. 210 Some of the fuzileers, who are smaller bodied men, have their arms proportioned. 1813 Examiner 26 Apr. 272/2 Lieut. Brownson, of his Majesty's 23d Regiment Royal Welch Fusileers. 1858 J. B. Norton Topics for Indian Statesmen 128 Her [Madras] illustrious Fusiliers..have been dispatched bodily to Calcutta. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1680 |
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