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musketOne entry found. Main Entry: mus·ket Pronunciation: \ˈməs-kət\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle French mousquet, from Old Italian moschetto small artillery piece, sparrow hawk, from diminutive of mosca fly, from Latin musca — more at midge Date: circa 1587 : a heavy large-caliber muzzle-loading usually smoothbore shoulder firearm; broadly : a shoulder gun carried by infantry
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