Definition of skirmishers Skirmishers
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What does skirmishers mean?
Wiktionary 
- skirmishers (Noun)
Plural of skirmisher.
Part of speech
🔤- skirmishers, noun, plural of skirmisher.
WordNet
NounPlural: skirmishers |
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| skirmisher - someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party) | ||
| battler, belligerent, combatant, scrapper, fighter someone who fights (or is fighting) | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- skirmisher (n.)
One who skirmishes. - skirmisher (n.)
Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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skirmisher
One who skirmishes; one of such troops as are sent forward in advance, or move deployed in loose order on the flanks of a marching column, to discover and intercept hostile forces.
Part of speech
🔤- skirmisher, noun, singular of skirmishers.
