† corsleˈteer Obs.
[f. prec. + -eer1.]
A soldier armed with a corslet.
| 1609 Holland Amm. Marcell. xvi. xii. 69 The Corselettiers [cataphracti] and the Archers. 1658 Ussher Ann. 169 Xenophon with his brigade, consisting of 17 hundred corseletteers, and 800 targateers. |