escarmouche

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noun

A skirmish.

OriginFrench escarmouche →
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Meanings

nounescarmouche (plural escarmouches)

plural escarmouches

  1. obsoleteA skirmish.

Origin

  1. Frenchescarmouche
  2. Englishescarmouche

Borrowed from French escarmouche. Doublet of skirmish and Scaramouche.

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APA

escarmouche. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escarmouche

MLA

“escarmouche.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escarmouche. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “escarmouche,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escarmouche.

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