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- French · borrowed fromfranc-tireur
- English todayfranc-tireur
French franc-tireur (literally “free-shooter”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
franc-tireur
Today it means: A member of the irregular military formations deployed by France during the early stages of the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71). Full definition →
French franc-tireur