three Musketeers
A group of three people who are very closely associated; a trio.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“The three friends are like the Three Musketeers.”
“My siblings and I are the three Musketeers of the family.”
“The three coworkers always eat lunch together, so everyone calls them the Three Musketeers.”
“Ever since they started the band together in high school, the three Musketeers have never missed a single rehearsal or weekend show.”
“If you want to hire one of us for the project, you have to hire all three Musketeers because we always work as a team.”
“After years of inseparable friendship, the trio became known as the Three Musketeers, always appearing together at every major social event in the city.”
first recorded 19th c.
The term originates from the 1844 historical adventure novel The Three Musketeers, written by Alexandre Dumas. It is a direct translation of the original French title, Les Trois Mousquetaires. Despite the numerical specificity of the name, the narrative famously concerns four individuals, a mathematical oversight that has not prevented the title from becoming the standard English designation for any inseparable trio.
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Last updated August 10, 2026