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tirailleur

tirailleur noun: an infantry soldier.

Noun

tirailleur (plural tirailleurs)

  1. An infantry soldier.

Forms of tirailleur

pluraltirailleurs

Origin of tirailleur

Borrowed from French tirailler (“to skirmish”).

Questions about tirailleur

What does tirailleur mean?
Tirailleur means an infantry soldier.
What part of speech is tirailleur?
Tirailleur is a noun.
What is the plural of tirailleur?
The plural of tirailleur is tirailleurs.

Words near tirailleur in the dictionary

  1. Tirados
  2. tiragalloite
  3. tirage
  4. tirages
  5. Tirahi
  6. tirailleur
  7. tirailleurs
  8. tirairaka
  9. tirak
  10. tiralee
  11. tiramisu

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