halberdier

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

halberdier (plural halberdiers)

1. A soldier armed with a halberd.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

     Jones did not think fit to acquaint the serjeant with his design; though he might have done it with great safety, for the halberdier was himself a man of honour, and had killed his man.

Translations

a soldier armed with a halberd

• Catalan: alabarder m
• French: hallebardier (fr) m
• German: Hellebardier (de) m, Hellebardenträger m
• Hungarian: alabárdos (hu)
• Icelandic: hermaður vopnaður bryntrölli m, hermaður vopnaður atgeir m
• Italian: alabardiere (it)
• Ottoman Turkish: بالطه‌جی (baltacı)
• Portuguese: alabardeiro (pt) m
• Russian: алебардщик (ru) m (alebardščik)
• Spanish: alabardero (es) m
• Turkish: baltacı (tr)