tirailleur

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noun

An infantry soldier.

OriginFrench tirailler →
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Meanings

nountirailleur (plural tirailleurs)

plural tirailleurs

  1. An infantry soldier.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
soldier

Origin

  1. Frenchtirailler“to skirmish”
  2. Englishtirailleur

Borrowed from French tirailler (“to skirmish”).

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APA

tirailleur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tirailleur

MLA

“tirailleur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tirailleur. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tirailleur,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tirailleur.

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