how to pronounce musket

/ˈmʌskət/

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musket is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of musket in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… for x by musket fire horses were shot …”

meanings of musket

noun:

A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.
A male Eurasian sparrowhawk.

musket frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word musket occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.