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musketeer
/ˌmʌs.kəˈtɪə(ɹ)/
noun 4
Collocations
4ADJ.
popular
VERB + MUSKETEER
become, pay
MUSKETEER + NOUN
someone
PREP.
across
Definitions
noun
1
A foot soldier armed with a musket.
2
In 17th- and 18th-century France, a member of the royal household bodyguard.
3
A comrade or fellow.
Reuniting the cast of Trainspotting for a new adventure 21 years on could have gone badly. The BBC’s misjudged This Life + 10, bringing the cast of the iconic 90s TV drama back together, is a case in point. But Boyle and his four musketeers give it just the right frantic, jaded energy and manic anxiety.
noun
1
A fan, supporter or partisan of Elon Musk.
This was the rock that Musk and his Musketeers planned to build their company on.
Mr Vance comes across as a “Musketeer”, someone who believes in Mr Musk’s power to reshape the world.
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Reuniting the cast of Trainspotting for a new adventure 21 years on could have gone badly. The BBC’s misjudged This Life + 10, bringing the cast of the iconic 90s TV drama back together, is a case in
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This was the rock that Musk and his Musketeers planned to build their company on.
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Mr Vance comes across as a “Musketeer”, someone who believes in Mr Musk’s power to reshape the world.
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The young Musketeers, who apparently have your personal information at their fingertips, aren’t just inexperienced – they appear completely unqualified.
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I don't pay! I'm a musketeer.
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Gabriel was a musketeer.
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