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tirailleur

tirailleur


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tirailleur  \Ti`rail`leur"\,  n.  [F.,  from  tirailler  to  skirmish, 
  wrest,  from  tirer  to  draw.]  (Mil.) 
  Formerly,  a  member  of  an  independent  body  of  marksmen  in  the 
  French  army.  They  were  used  sometimes  in  front  of  the  army  to 
  annoy  the  enemy,  sometimes  in  the  rear  to  check  his  pursuit. 
  The  term  is  now  applied  to  all  troops  acting  as  skirmishers.