# three musketeers **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 24, 2001, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-musketeers/95047 "2001-11-24T18:31:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eklezio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@eklezio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eklezio)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-musketeers/95047/1 "2001-11-24T18:31:50Z")
Why are the Three Musketeers called musketeers when they use swords (not muskets)? ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-musketeers/95047/2 "2001-11-24T18:48:12Z")
Er, because they were issued, and used muskets, _as well as_ swords? In battle, muskets were their primary weapon, not swords. Try [Google](http://www.google.com/), “musketeers”. Go into Advanced Search and tell it “without the words ‘Chris O’Donnell’”, you’ll get better hits. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-musketeers/95047/3 "2001-11-25T00:04:19Z")
Yea, the sword was the dueling and gentleman’s weapon, and the musket was the soldier’s weapon. They rarely show the 3M (if ever) in actual battle. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-musketeers/95047/4 "2001-11-25T00:11:24Z")
[Deja vu all over again.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=53962)