Definition of Franc-tereur
||Franc"-ti`reur" (?), n. [F., fr.
franc free + tireur shooter, fr. tirer to shoot.]
(Mil.) A French partisan soldier, or one belonging to a
corps of detached light troops engaged in forays, skirmishes,
scouting, etc.
||Franc"-ti`reur" (?), n. [F., fr.
franc free + tireur shooter, fr. tirer to shoot.]
(Mil.) A French partisan soldier, or one belonging to a
corps of detached light troops engaged in forays, skirmishes,
scouting, etc.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a light infantry soldier, originally a member of volunteer corps separate from the regular army
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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