British spelling variant of 'bayoneted'; past tense of stabbing or attacking with a bayonet.
The British spelling variant doubles the 't' before adding '-ed,' following British English conventions for words ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel (similar to 'cancelled' vs. 'canceled').
The difference between American 'bayoneted' and British 'bayonetted' reveals how American and British English took divergent paths in the 19th century—American English simplified many doubled consonants while British English retained the older patterns.
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