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  • noun Alternative spelling of carabineer.

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  • noun a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine

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Examples

  • In the cuirassier regiments, the elite company was called a carabinier company.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008

  • In the cuirassier regiments, the elite company was called a carabinier company.

    Austrian Horse Grenadiers Der Alte Fritz 2008

  • Hinchliffe more recently Ellerburn Armies do an Austrian carabinier.

    Austrian Horse Grenadiers Der Alte Fritz 2008

  • Among the victims of this burning climate was a carabinier who was known to many persons of the detachment.

    The physiology of taste; or Transcendental gastronomy. Illustrated by anecdotes of distinguished artists and statesmen of both continents by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Translated from the last Paris edition by Fayette Robinson. 2004

  • The light infantry regiments were organized on identical lines to those of the line, although the nomenclature of the different units varied; thus a light infantry battalion on the 1808 establishment had one carabinier company (the equivalent to line grenadiers), four chasseur (fusilier) companies and one of voltigeurs (or skirmishers).

    THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

  • The light infantry battalions, on the other hand—which were supposed to be able to keep up with trotting cavalry—consisted of six companies, four chasseur and one carabinier the equivalent to fusiliers and grenadiers, together with one voltigeur company which was habitually used in a skirmishing role.

    THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

  • The light infantry regiments were organized on identical lines to those of the line, although the nomenclature of the different units varied; thus a light infantry battalion on the 1808 establishment had one carabinier company (the equivalent to line grenadiers), four chasseur (fusilier) companies and one of voltigeurs (or skirmishers).

    THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

  • The light infantry battalions, on the other hand—which were supposed to be able to keep up with trotting cavalry—consisted of six companies, four chasseur and one carabinier the equivalent to fusiliers and grenadiers, together with one voltigeur company which was habitually used in a skirmishing role.

    THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

  • I took this with a grain of salt, but it was a fact that for so long as I remained in Florence every carabinier saluted me.

    Marazan Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951

  • He was replaced by another _carabinier_ noiselessly and so quickly that you hardly knew that anything had happened.

    The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 1886

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