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petronel
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[], (Noun)
Definitions:
- A large pistol or carbine used in the 16th and early 17th centuries, especially by cavalry.
- A soldier armed with a petronel; = "petronellier".
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Origin
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late 16th century; earliest use found in George Gascoigne (d. 1577), author and soldier. Apparently from Middle French petrinal, of uncertain origin
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