halberdier

halberdier

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

halberdier (plural halberdiers)

1. A soldier armed with a halberd.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292:

     Jones did not think fit to acquaint the serjeant with his design; though he might have done it with great safety, for the halberdier was himself a man of honour, and had killed his man.

Translations

a soldier armed with a halberd

Catalan: alabarder m French: hallebardier (fr) m German: Hellebardier (de) m, Hellebardenträger m Hungarian: alabárdos (hu) Icelandic: hermaður vopnaður bryntrölli m, hermaður vopnaður atgeir m

Italian: alabardiere (it) Portuguese: alabardeiro (pt) m Russian: алебардщик (ru) m (alebardščik) Spanish: alabardero (es) m Turkish: baltacı (tr)