Military. A light horseman acting as scout or skirmisher. Cf. avant-courier, n., vaunt-courier, n. Obsolete.
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释义 | society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > skirmisher (7) courier1523 Military. A light horseman acting as scout or skirmisher. Cf. avant-courier, n., vaunt-courier, n. Obsolete. skirmisher1565 One of a number of soldiers taking part in a skirmish or acting in loose order apart from the main body of an army or battalion. straggler1589 Military. A soldier who leaves the line of march or falls out of the ranks. †Also, a scout or skirmisher. bickerer1611 A person who bickers. tirailleur1796 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)… voltigeur1805 Formerly in the French army, a member of a special skirmishing company attached to each regiment of infantry. Bashi-Bazouk1855 figurative. An ‘irregular,’ a skirmisher. |
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