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