bersagliere

From Italian bersagliere.

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɛɹ.səlˈjɛɹ.eɪ/, /-sɑl-/, /-sæl-/, /-ˈlɛɹ-/, /-i/

bersagliere (plural bersaglieri)

1. A marksman or rifleman in certain Italian regiments.
   • 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 50:

     We passed a long column of loaded mules, the drivers walking along beside the mules wearing red fezzes. They were bersaglieri.

   • 2011, David Gilmour, The Pursuit of Italy, Penguin, published 2012, page 244:

     A small detachment of bersaglieri, which rashly went to see what was going on, was then wiped out by a force of armed peasants.

• bersagliere on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From bersaglio +‎ -iere.

• IPA^(key): /ber.saʎˈʎɛ.re/
• Rhymes: -ɛre
• Hyphenation: ber‧sa‧gliè‧re

bersagliere m (plural bersaglieri)

1. rifleman, bersagliere (in some Italian regiments)

• bersagliare

bersagliere f

1. plural of bersagliera

• → Polish: bersalier