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musket
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
musket
(noun)
musket
/
ˈ
mʌskət/
noun
plural
muskets
musket
/
ˈ
mʌskət/
noun
plural
muskets
Britannica Dictionary definition of MUSKET
[
count
]
:
a type of long gun that was used by soldiers before the invention of the rifle
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