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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a sharpshooter (in the French army)

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from franc free + tireur shooter Date: 1808 a civilian and especially a guerrilla fighter or sniper

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Franc-tireur Franc"-ti`reur", n. [F., fr. franc free + tireur shooter, fr. tirer to shoot.] (Mil.) A French partisan soldier, or one belonging to a corps of detached light troops engaged in forays, skirmishes, scouting, etc.