alkabusero
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish arcabucero.
Noun
alkabusero
- arquebusier
- Synonym: astinggalero
- 1971, José Apolonio Burgos, Ang lobang itim: nobelang makasaysayan, R. Martinez, page 68:
- Ang hukbong ito na nanggaling sa Maynila ay nahahati sa iba't ibang hanay: ang nasa gitna ay pinamumunuan ni Kapitan Enrique Pinto at may walong alkabusero at anim na karabina.
- This troop that came from Manila is divided into different columns: the one in the middle is led by Captain Enrique Pinto and it has eight arquebusiers and six carabineers.
Related terms
- alkabus
- astinggal