noun
- soldiers armed with fusils (light flintlock muskets); members of certain infantry regiments
Usage: military; historical
Examples
- The fusileers marched in formation across the battlefield.
- British fusileers were known for their disciplined fighting style.
- The regiment of fusileers defended the fort against enemy attack.
- Historical accounts describe the fusileers’ role in the colonial wars.
- The fusileers carried their muskets with practiced ease.
- Many fusileers served in the American Revolutionary War.