Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who fires or uses a pistol; a soldier armed with a pistol, especially a German reiter.

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

  • noun rare One who uses a pistol.

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

  • noun A person, especially a soldier, armed with a pistol

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

  • noun someone armed with a pistol (especially a soldier so armed)

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  • The self-conscious cowpoke makes clear

    His chaps are not fellows but gear,

    His high heels and spurs

    Are what he prefers

    And mark him a bold pistoleer.

    February 5, 2017