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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A soldier of the ancient Muscovite guards, abolished by Peter the Great.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A soldier of the ancient Muscovite guard or Russian standing army; also, the guard itself.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A soldier of the ancient Muscovite guard or Russian standing army.
  • noun The guard itself.

Etymologies

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Russian strieliéts' a shooter, archer.

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