argoletier
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Alteration of argolet, after chevalier etc.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
argoletier (plural argoletiers)
- (obsolete, military) A light mounted soldier; a mounted bowman.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:, II.32:
- And he that shall enquire of our Argolettiers or Free-booters, what experiences they have had in these our late civil wars, shal no doubt find effect and examples of patience, of obstinacy and stif-neckednes […].