musket
muzzle-loaded long gun firearm
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Summary
musket is a weapon type[1]. musket ranks in the top 6% of weapon type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,669 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: single-shot firearm[3], black powder gun[4], smoothbore[5], muzzle loader[6]
- Commons category: Muskets[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Muskets[8]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[11], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[12], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], The New Student's Reference Work[16]
- Different from: Mosquete[17], musketoon[18]
- Derivative work: musketoon[19]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for musket include Mousquet[21], a steamboat[22].
Why It Matters
musket has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] musket is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]
Entities named for musket include Mousquet[21], a steamboat[22].