Definition of Pistoleer

1. Noun. Someone armed with a pistol (especially a soldier so armed).

Generic synonyms: Soldier
Derivative terms: Pistol

Definition of Pistoleer

1. n. One who uses a pistol.

Definition of Pistoleer

1. Noun. A person, especially a soldier, armed with a pistol ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pistoleer

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pistoleer

pistils
pistle
pistles
pistol
pistol-shot femoral sound
pistol-shot sound
pistol-whip
pistol-whipping
pistol grip
pistol grips
pistol shrimp
pistolade
pistolades
pistole
pistoled
pistoleer (current term)
pistoleers
pistolero
pistoleros
pistoles
pistolet
pistolets
pistolier
pistoliers
pistoling
pistolled
pistolling
pistols
pistols at dawn
piston

Literary usage of Pistoleer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Nay oftener it is Cowardice rather that produces the result: for consider, Is the Chalk-Farm pistoleer inspired with any reasonable Belief and Determination ..."

2. The Nineteenth Century (1882)
"When Mr. Cobden was challenged to a duel by one unable otherwise to answer his arguments, he sent word to the pistoleer that he paid police-rates that the ..."

3. The circus (1921)
"... off To make his fortune in the light o' the moon, As to find you, the Master of the Heath, The Devil's Treasurer, the Velvet Mask, The Silver pistoleer, ..."

4. The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler, David Josiah Brewer (1900)
"... Is the Chalk-Farm pistoleer inspired with any reasonable Belief and Determination; or is he hounded on by haggard, indefinable Fear,— how he will ..."

5. Crowned Masterpieces of Literature that Have Advanced Civilization: As by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1908)
"Nay, of tenet it is Cowardice rather that produces the result: for consider, Is the Chalk-Farm pistoleer inspired with any reasonable Belief and ..."

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