musketeer

A foot soldier armed with a musket.

In 17th- and 18th-century France, a member of the royal household bodyguard.

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.

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.