franc-tireur
[ frahn-tee-rœr ]
noun,plural francs-ti·reurs [frahn-tee-rœr]. /frɑ̃ tiˈrœr/. French.
a sharpshooter in the French army.
Origin of franc-tireur
1First recorded in 1800–10
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How to use franc-tireur in a sentence
It drove before it franctireur bodies, but at La Belle Inutile met with more serious resistance.
The Franco-German War of 1870-71 | Count Helmuth, von Moltke
British Dictionary definitions for franc-tireur
franc-tireur
/ French (frɑ̃tirœr) /
noun
a sniper
a guerrilla or irregular soldier
Origin of franc-tireur
1C19: from franc free + tireur shooter, from tirer to shoot, of unknown origin
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