Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

three musketeer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables: three- -mus-ke-teer
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any one of the Three Musketeers in Alexandre Dumas' novel of the same name, i.e. either Athos, Aramis, or Porthos.

Example Sentences

"Is d'Artagnan a Three Musketeer?"

Etymology

Formed due to a misinterpretation of Three Musketeers as a compound noun that includes the stem three rather than as a plurale tantum proper noun.

Inflected Forms

Three Musketeers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does three musketeer mean?: Any one of the Three Musketeers in Alexandre Dumas' novel of the same name, i.e. either Athos, Aramis, or Porthos.
Where does three musketeer come from?: Formed due to a misinterpretation of Three Musketeers as a compound noun that includes the stem three rather than as a plurale tantum proper noun.

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