† hargulatern.
Obsolete.
see quot. 1598.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > others
jousterc1330
knight1489
rutter1506
reister1521
reiter1556
ruiter1579
hargulater1581
lancer1590
lance1602
rutar1610
dragon1620
dragoon1622
right-hand man1626
dragooner1639
leaguerer1639
deli1667
Light Dragoon1700
uhlan1753
sabre1836
parachutist1837
sabreur1845
yellow leg1857
spahi1863
horse-marine1878
uhlaner1886
society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > caliver
caliver1581
hargulater1581
caliverer1590
1581 T. Styward Pathwaie to Martiall Discipline ii. 123 Sending alwaies before 100 Hargulaters on Horsebacke.
1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 197 The Argolateares are to gallop the field and scale the side of a squadron.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres Gloss. 251 Hargulatier..is the souldier seruing on horsebacke, vnarmed, vsing a Calliuer with a snap hance.
1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 26 Whosoeuer is a good Musquetier cannot chuse but be a good Hargeletier.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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