Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A soldier armed with a halberd.
  • noun A soldier of the body-guard of a sovereign or a high official, or a member of certain civic guards attending magistrates and keeping order in towns.

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

  • noun One who is armed with a halberd.

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  • noun a soldier armed with halberd

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a guard who carries a halberd (as a symbol of his duty)

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Examples

  • The English tried a desperation attack down hill with their last remaining halberdier stand in the center, and succeded in taking out another French knight.

    Hill 275 13/01/07 Nick 2007

  • The English tried a desperation attack down hill with their last remaining halberdier stand in the center, and succeded in taking out another French knight.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Cromwell MkI 2007

  • Count Egmont going to execution; in which I have the honour to figure as a halberdier, Captain Hoby as the Count, and Captain Goby as the Duke of Alva, looking out of window.

    The Newcomes 2006

  • 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.

    The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 2004

  • I embraced this proposal with joy, and was immediately conducted to the place, where I was treated, while my illness lasted, with the utmost tenderness and care by this grateful halberdier, who had no other bed for himself than a hencoop during the whole passage.

    The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

  • The question, from a muscular halberdier, sent a shiver down Suzine's stooped spine.

    The Kinslayer Wars Niles, Douglas 1991

  • His jeweled arm lifted, gesturing to a halberdier.

    Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989

  • The halberdier straightened over the Kielmark's sagging form, uncertain.

    Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989

  • The halberdier closed once more, and fresh blood spangled the floor.

    Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989

  • A halberdier turned in his sleep where he lay, on some straw beneath the coach-shed, his halberd rattling as it struck the cobbles.

    In and out of Three Normady Inns Anna Bowman Dodd

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