Bandoleer Definition
bandəlir
noun
A belt fitted with small pockets or loops for carrying cartridges and worn across the chest by soldiers.
American Heritage
A broad belt worn over one shoulder and across the chest, with pockets for ammunition or loops for holding cartridges.
Webster's New World
A pocketed belt for holding ammunition, worn over the shoulder.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Bandoleer
Noun
Singular:
bandoleer
Plural:
bandoleersOrigin of Bandoleer
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From earlier form bandollier, from Middle French bandoulliere, from Catalan bandolera - feminine derivative of bandoler (“member of a band of men”), from Spanish bandol (“band”) + -er
From Wiktionary
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French bandoulière from Spanish bandolera diminutive of banda band of Germanic origin bhā-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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