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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
musket/ˈmʌskɪt/

▶noun historical an infantryman's light gun with a long barrel, typically smooth-bored and fired from the shoulder.

– origin C16: from Fr. mousquet, from Ital. moschetto ‘crossbow bolt’.

'musket' also found in these Oxford entries:

carbine - dragoon - firelock - fusil - musketeer - musketry

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