or Fusileers, a body of troops formerly armed with a fusil or light musket that might be slung over the shoulder. In former times the term was applied to infantry soldiers who bore fire-arms, as distinguished from pikemen and archers. The name is still retained in the British army, which has four regiments of fusiliers, viz., the 7th, 21st, 23d, and 87th, but their equipment does not differ from that of other regiments.