Lexicographical Neighbors of Pistolier
Literary usage of Pistolier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern by John Hewitt (1860)
"FIGURE of a pistolier, Cavalier or Cuirassier, from Captain. ... The pistolier
was the heavy-armed horseman who, when the lance fell into disuse, ..."
2. Lexique de l'ancien français by Frédéric Godefroy (1901)
"1. pistolet, sm, demi-pis- tole. 2. pistolet, sm, sorte de petit poignard. 2.
pistolier. sm, cavalier ai'iné d'un pistolet. 'piston, sm, pilon de mortier. ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... the military pedants are heard to- bewail the common laying aside t of other
pieces. The mounted cavalier — • cuirassier or pistolier— might take the ..."
4. Criminal Trials by David Jardine (1832)
"He brought a tall gentleman (whom he ' commended for an excellent pistolier) to
me to Chanon ' Row, to make one in the match: but I refused to deal ' with ..."
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