Musket

Noun

 * 1) A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been superseded by the rifle.
 * Soldier, soldier, won't you marry me, with your musket, fife and drum.

Adjectives for Musket
old-fashioned; smoky; percussion; ancient; unused.

Verbs for Musket
arm with—; bear—; combat with—; dis¬charge—; employ—; enlist—; force from— provide—; repel with—; retaliate with— salute with—; shoulder—; storm with— wield—; —crackles; —flashes; —glitters; — rattles.

Thesaurus
automatic, blowgun, blowpipe, firearm, flamethrower, gat, gun, handgun, heater, peashooter, piece, pistol, repeater, revolver, rifle, rod, sawed-off shotgun, shooting iron, shotgun, six-gun, six-shooter

Alternative forms

 * musquet

Etymology
mousquet:, itself from moschetto:, diminutive of mosca:.

Translations

 * Czech: mušketa
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Muskete
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: ,
 * Indonesian: bedil sundut
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: マスケット銃
 * Macedonian: мускета
 * Maori:


 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian: muskett
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: mosquete
 * Romanian: muschetă‎, muschet
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: mosquete
 * Swedish:

Derived terms

 * musketeer

Related terms

 * musketoon

Noun

 * 1) musket

Etymology
From mousquet:.