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Meaning of caliver | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈkalɪvə

Definitions

  1. A type of light musket.
    historical
  2. A surname.

Examples

“0, giue me the ſpare men, and ſpare me the great ones. Put me a Calyuer into VVarts hand, Bardolph.”
“That done, running out into the streets, with a crosse-bow in one hand, and a caliver [translating harquebouze] in the other, at two shoots, slew the two first Turks that came next to his gates[…].”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Calivigny Island Calivil calix calixarene calixcrown calixphyrin

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