alkabusero

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Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish arcabucero.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

alkabusero (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜊᜓᜐᜒᜇᜓ)

  1. arquebusier
    Synonym: astinggalero
    • 1971, José Apolonio Burgos, Ang lobang itim: nobelang makasaysayan, R. Martinez, page 68:
      Ang hukbong ito na nanggaling sa Maynila ay nahahati sa iba't ibang hanay: ang nasa gitna ay pinamumunuan ni Kapitan Enrique Pinto at may walong alkabusero at anim na karabina.
      This troop that came from Manila is divided into different columns: the one in the middle is led by Captain Enrique Pinto and it has eight arquebusiers and six carabineers.

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