MUSKETEER Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

musketeer

noun

ˌmə-skə-ˈtir

Definition of musketeer

as in friend

a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another the two little musketeers were never seen apart

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Recent Examples of musketeer Bordaz had long theorized that the body of the musketeer was probably buried near the French camp, rather than being taken back to France, so that King Louis XIV could personally attend the burial of his loyal servant. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026 D'Artagnan was killed during the siege of Maastricht in 1673, and there is a statue honoring the musketeer in the city. — CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026 The musketeer names are code names so that these resistance operatives can keep their real identities secret. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026 The Musketeers then partner with an aspiring musketeer to take down Cardinal Richelieu and expose his plans. — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 18 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for musketeer

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Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley estended her condolences to victim’s friends and family.

— Elgin Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
More messages arrived over Discord, X, WhatsApp, and even from a colleague who had been asked by a friend to see whether Fabian would correct his story to say that the explosion had been caused by interceptor fragments.

— Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

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Then again, being that Vought has been pushing his buddy POTUS to back a federal incentive since May 2025 to little success until today, let’s see what the follow through here really is before anyone starts planning the parade.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026
The committee would eventually disband without an answer, despite the fact that Selig had helped engineer the sale of the team in 2005 to Lew Wolff, an old University of Wisconsin frat buddy, and John Fisher.

— Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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