carabinero

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English

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Etymology

From Spanish carabinero.

Noun

carabinero (plural carabineros)

  1. A frontier guard (or similar) in Spain or South America.
    1. A member of the uniformed Chilean national police force and gendarmerie, the "Carabineros de Chile".
    2. (historical) A member of an armed force, in Spain between 1829 and 1940, whose mission was to patrol the coasts and borders of the country.

Spanish

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Carabineros (Aristaeopsis edwardsiana)

Etymology

From carabina +‎ -ero.

Noun

carabinero m (plural carabineros, feminine carabinera, feminine plural carabineras)

  1. (historically) carbineer (soldier armed with a carbine)
  2. (Chile, Colombia, Bolivia) member of the national police
  3. (Spain, historical) a member of an armed force, in Spain between 1829 and 1940, whose mission was to patrol the coasts and borders of the country
  4. certain red shrimp
    1. Aristaeopsis edwardsiana
    2. Aristeus antennatus
    3. Aristaeomorpha foliacea (giant red shrimp)

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