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# halberdier

noun (halberdier, halberdiers) (old use)

«halberdier» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A halberdier is an old soldier armed with a halberd, a long pole with an axe blade on top. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halberdier/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old stories, a guard of a king, castle or town

### Examples

- Two halberdiers stood at the castle gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halberdier/#x1)
- The king's halberdiers marched in first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halberdier/#x2)
- Twelve halberdiers guarded the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halberdier/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; a count of halberdiers is a count of soldiers

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «halberdier» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halberdier/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«halberdier» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/halberdier.html) on Mova free.