argoletier
English
Etymology
Alteration of argolet, after chevalier etc.
Noun
argoletier (plural argoletiers)
- (obsolete, military) A light mounted soldier; a mounted bowman.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:, II.32:
- And he that shall enquire of our Argolettiers or Free-booters, what experiences they have had in these our late civil wars, shal no doubt find effect and examples of patience, of obstinacy and stif-neckednes […].
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