Three Musketeer

English

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.

Noun

Three Musketeer (plural Three Musketeers)

  1. (nonstandard) Any one of the Three Musketeers in Alexandre Dumas' novel of the same name, i.e. either Athos, Aramis, or Porthos.
    Is d'Artagnan a Three Musketeer?

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