snipers

Noun

sniper (plural snipers)

1. A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.
   • The sniper shot him in the head.
2. (broadly) A sniper rifle.
3. Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.
4. One who shoots from a concealed position.
   • The British, having cleared the open field, now faced the problem of advancing through the trees into the sniper fire of several hundred Virginia militia.1874, Richard John Batt, The Maryland Continentals, 1780-1781
5. One who criticizes; a person who frequently snipes at others.
   • No winnable seat has been found for Mr. H. L. Nathan, a powerful recruit from the Liberal ranks, and poor Mr. Wedgwood Benn, an invaluable sniper for a party in Opposition, has been out of Parliament now since 1931.c. 1934, The Living Age, volume 351, page 30
6. A hunter of snipe (the bird).

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