English

Noun

bersagliere ‎(plural bersaglieri)

1. A marksman or rifleman in certain Italian regiments.
   • 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society 2008, p. 50:

     We passed a long column of loaded mules, the drivers walking along beside the mules wearing red fezzes. They were bersaglieri.

Translations

External links

• bersagliere on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

From bersaglio +‎ -iere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bersaʎˈʎɛre/

Noun

bersagliere m ‎(plural bersaglieri)

1. rifleman, bersagliere (in some Italian regiments)

Related terms

• bersagliare

Noun

bersagliere f

1. plural of bersagliera