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carabineer

noun car·a·bi·neer \ˌker-ə-bə-ˈnir, ˌka-rə-\

Definition of CARABINEER

:  a cavalry soldier armed with a carbine

Variants of CARABINEER

car·a·bi·neer or car·a·bi·nier \ˌker-ə-bə-ˈnir, ˌka-rə-\
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Origin of CARABINEER

French carabinier, from carabine carbine
First Known Use: 1672

Rhymes with CARABINEER

acyclovir, animalier, boulevardier, Buckinghamshire, celestial sphere, charioteer, conventioneer, dollar-a-year, electioneer, elephant's ear, Eskisehir, free marketeer, harquebusier, heliosphere, ionosphere, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, orienteer

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