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musket definition

mus·ket (mus′kət)

noun

a smoothbore, long-barreled firearm, used esp. by infantry soldiers before the invention of the rifle

Etymology: MFr mosquet < It moschetto, musket, orig., fledged arrow < mosca, a fly < L musca: see midge

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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