Definition of "fusilier" [fusilier]

• A soldier in any of certain British army regiments formerly armed with fusils. (noun)
• A soldier armed with a fusil. (noun)

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• "Minden SYW Austrians 2 on the left compared to an RSM Austrian in the center on a penney, and a Prussian fusilier painted as the Hesse Seewald Prinz Heinrich Fusilier Regt."