A soldier armed with a pike or spear that is about fifty feet long, used during the medieval and Renaissance periods.
From French cinquante (fifty), referring to the approximate length of the pike in some regional variations. Used in 16th-century military terminology, particularly in French forces.
A 50-foot pike would make modern soldiers laugh until they imagined charging at one—these weren't single weapons but part of coordinated formations that could stop cavalry charges cold.
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