| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bandoleer |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ban·do·leer |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b n d -lîr |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or ban·do·lier |
| NOUN: | A belt fitted with small pockets or loops for carrying cartridges and worn across the chest by soldiers. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French bandoulière, from Spanish bandolera, diminutive of banda, band, of Germanic origin. See bh -1 in Appendix I.
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