Definition of "tirailleur" []

• An infantry soldier (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "Monday, November 26, 2007 tirailleur tirailleur (teera-yuhr) n.m. skirmisher; soldier, infantryman, sharpshooter; sniper"
• "As he said so, he looked boldly towards Miss Bellenden, and tradition says, that the eyes of the young tirailleur travelled, though more covertly, in the same direction."
• "Sharpe, mounted on his horse, could see into the parlour windows and, thinking of his action as a secret approach march, he feared that he might lead his men past the house of a senior Army officer who, like a French tirailleur, would ambush them."