miquelet

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In Spanish history: A member of a body of Catalonian banditti who infested the Pyrenees in the 17th century.

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A Spanish guerrilla soldier in the Peninsular War; also one of a corps of irregulars employed by Napoleon in 1808 against the Spaniards.

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In modern Spain, the designation of the soldiers of certain local regiments of infantry, chiefly employed on escort duties.

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An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.

noun

An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.