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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
The skeleton of famed French musketeer Charles de Batz de Castelmore d’Artagnan may have been found in front of a church altar in the Dutch city of Maastricht, church officials and an archaeologist said on Wednesday.
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Reuters, NBC news, 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
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Reuters, NBC news, 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musketeer
Noun
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Aiyuk has posted pictures of himself wearing a hat of the Washington Commanders, whose quarterback, Jayden Daniels, is one of Aiyuk’s closest friends and former Arizona State teammates.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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That year, even major characters and first-person narrators wound up dead, killed by strangers or friends or family members, often by parents, or serial murderers, or in accidents, usually right at the end at the story, no warning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Noun
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Other landmark credits include ensemble buddy, road trip, coming-of-age film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), directed by Zoya Akhtar, and family melodrama Kabhi Khushi Khabhie Gham (2001), directed by Karan Johar.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 June 2026
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The vibes are excellent at Buddy, which is in fact a buddy project, pooling the talents of several bar scene stalwarts.—
Becky Duffett,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 June 2026
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“Musketeer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musketeer. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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