tirailleurn.

/tɪrʌɪˈ(j)əː/

Etymology: French (1740 in Dict. Acad.), < tirailler to shoot in independent firing, < tirer to draw, shoot (tire v.²).

One of a body of skirmishers employed in the wars of the French Revolution (1792); a skirmisher, a sharp-shooter; a soldier (usually of infantry) trained for independent action. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > skirmisher

courier1523

skirmisher1565

straggler1589

bickerer1611

tirailleur1796

voltigeur1805

Bashi-Bazouk1855

society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > by type of shooting

hotshot1593

tirailleur1796

sharpshooter1802

sniper1824

pot-shooter1849

fusillader1878

pot-shotter1904

1796 Accurate & Impartial Narr. Campaigns 1793–4 (ed. 3) I. i. vii. 65 The tiralleurs and riflemen could easily..discover and take aim at the Republicans.

1812 Examiner 14 Sept. 582/1 Woods, filled with tirailleurs.

1847 T. De Quincey Spanish Mil. Nun in Wks. (1860) III. 44 Any Spanish tirailleur's bullet.

1898 Daily News 17 Oct. 3/7 A column consisting of tirailleurs and irregulars was dispatched to suppress a rising of the Boubourys.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	tirailleur
释义	tirailleurn. /tɪrʌɪˈ(j)əː/ Etymology: French (1740 in Dict. Acad.), < tirailler to shoot in independent firing, < tirer to draw, shoot (tire v.²). One of a body of skirmishers employed in the wars of the French Revolution (1792); a skirmisher, a sharp-shooter; a soldier (usually of infantry) trained for independent action. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > skirmisher courier1523 skirmisher1565 straggler1589 bickerer1611 tirailleur1796 voltigeur1805 Bashi-Bazouk1855 society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > by type of shooting hotshot1593 tirailleur1796 sharpshooter1802 sniper1824 pot-shooter1849 fusillader1878 pot-shotter1904 1796 Accurate & Impartial Narr. Campaigns 1793–4 (ed. 3) I. i. vii. 65 The tiralleurs and riflemen could easily..discover and take aim at the Republicans. 1812 Examiner 14 Sept. 582/1 Woods, filled with tirailleurs. 1847 T. De Quincey Spanish Mil. Nun in Wks. (1860) III. 44 Any Spanish tirailleur's bullet. 1898 Daily News 17 Oct. 3/7 A column consisting of tirailleurs and irregulars was dispatched to suppress a rising of the Boubourys. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1796
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