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Definition of Miquelet
1. n. An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.
Definition of Miquelet
1. Noun. (military) An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Miquelet
1. a former Spanish or French soldier [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miquelet
Literary usage of Miquelet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Three Voyages of William Barents to the Arctic Regions, (1594, 1595, and by Gerrit de Veer, Charles Tilstone Beke (1876)
"La platine espagnole, appelée souvent platine de miquelet, présentait au dehors
un ressort qui ... 57 seems to be a fragment of such a platine de miquelet. ..."
2. The Complete History of the Affairs of Spain: From the First Treaty of by Jodocus Crull (1707)
"A- bout this time a miquelet that had ... to whom, upon mature Deliberation, the
miquelet was fent back. ..."
3. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes by Robert Louis Stevenson (1910)
"Black Camisard and White Camisard, militiaman and miquelet and dragoon, Protestant
prophet and Catholic cadet of the White Cross, they had all been ..."
4. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"... of the tower near the cathedral called the miquelet. Hence the city- appears
to be built in the middle of an ..."
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