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
D'Artagnan was killed during the siege of Maastricht in 1673, and there is a statue honoring the musketeer in the city.
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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
Hany Mukhtar and Sam Surridge have a third musketeer in the attack after the smash free-agent signing of Espinoza.
—Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 18 Feb. 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
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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
Hany Mukhtar and Sam Surridge have a third musketeer in the attack after the smash free-agent signing of Espinoza.
—Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 18 Feb. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musketeer
Noun
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Her first time visiting New York City, Mann had made plans to introduce her two friends to the larger-than-life Weinstein over breakfast.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Before Miami Dolphins draft pick Michael Taaffe and quarterback Quinn Ewers were teammates and close friends at Texas, Taaffe had the best day of his high school football career against Ewers.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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Oscar nominee and Primetime Emmy winner Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff directed the documentary, which features interviews with King, her wife Ilana Kloss, and fellow tennis luminaries Chris Evert and Rosie Casals, and King’s buddy Elton John, among others.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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On the way to save her beloved canine buddy Krypto, the party-hearty but tortured Supergirl teams up with a vengeful youngster (Ruthye Marye Knoll) and a rambunctious intergalactic bounty hunter (Jason Momoa).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Musketeer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musketeer. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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