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# halberdier

«halberdier» in Mova's school dictionary: **an old soldier armed with a halberd, a long pole with an…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (halberdier, halberdiers) (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

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

### sense in the lessons

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

### examples

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

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «halberdier» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halberdier/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.