Synonyms of muskets

muskets

noun

plural of musket

as in flintlocks

a type of long gun that was used by soldiers before the invention of the rifle

Related Words

• flintlocks
• matchlocks
• blunderbusses
• firelocks
• shotguns
• smoothbores
• firearms
• breechloaders
• pistols
• fieldpieces
• harquebuses
• handguns
• culverins
• revolvers
• small arms
• six-guns
• six-shooters
• derringers
• sidearms
• arms
• carbines
• semiautomatics
• twenty-twos
• zip guns
• pieces
• rods
• AK-47s
• gats
• heat
• machine guns
• automatics
• assault rifles
• assault weapons
• roscoes
• submachine guns
• machine pistols
• tommy guns
• repeaters
• forty-fives
• self-loaders
• spearguns

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of muskets

Back then, students halted studies to pick up rifles, muskets, and bayonets. — Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2026

The new United States needed muskets, cannons, ammunition, uniforms, cloth, food and credit. — R. Grant Gilmore Iii, The Conversation, 30 June 2026

Three people dressed as soldiers lined up for review by Washington, then fired shots from long muskets. — Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 27 June 2026

Independence without muskets and mortars, hurrah! — David Weiss, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

But that hasn’t stopped out-of-state reenactors from worrying their muskets will be confiscated at the George Washington Bridge, says Justin Costantino, adjutant of the Long Island Companies of the 3rd New York Regiment. — Allen G. Breed, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026

Flack, who was involved in the excavation, told Fox News Digital the most significant finds included three British gunflints from the Revolutionary War era, which were used to spark gunpowder in muskets. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026

Their armaments included a variety of cannons, bombs made of explosive shells, and muskets. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026

Ronald White of Milton, dressed in colonial attire, stood with reenactors firing replica muskets in the church’s graveyard following the service and said the anniversary carries personal meaning. — ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026