bersaglieren.
A rifleman or sharpshooter in the Italian army.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > rifleman
hunter1753
rifleman1764
shirtman1775
jäger1776
yager1804
bersagliere1862
shootist1864
rifle1933
society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > rifle
hunter1753
rifleman1764
rifler1775
shirtman1775
jäger1776
yager1804
rifle shot1826
bersagliere1862
1862 Crown Princess of Prussia Let. 8 Nov. in Dearest Mama (1968) 129 As one is not safe from Banditti—General La Marmora gave us an escort of Bersaglieri and Gendarmes.
1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 612/2 The Italian army consists of 80 regiments of the line, 10 of bersaglieri (riflemen), [etc.].
1883 Daily News 7 Sept. 3/1 The same war cry would resound from a battalion of dark-plumed Bersaglieri as they dashed up a bank at their peculiar pace.
1929 E. Hemingway Farewell to Arms viii. 47 The drivers..wearing red fezzes..were bersaglieri.
Compounds
C1. attributive.
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1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 613/1 4 bersaglieri battalions.
C2.
bersaglieri hat n. a hat with a dark plume of cock's feathers, as worn by the bersaglieri.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > trimmed with feathers
cavalier-hat1860
bersaglieri hat1946
1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night 10 About half of them wore..Bersaglieri hats which made their faces look even more adolescent.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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