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Skirmisher   Listen
noun
Skirmisher  n.  One who skirmishes. Specifically: pl. (Mil.) Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Skirmisher" Quotes from Famous Books



... stayed here three or four days. All the signs p'int that way. He was bound by the terms we gave him at San Antonio to go an' not fight ag'in, but he's shorely takin' his time about it. Look at these bones, will you? Now, Ned, you promisin' scout an' skirmisher, tell ...
— The Texan Scouts - A Story of the Alamo and Goliad • Joseph A. Altsheler



Words linked to "Skirmisher" :   battler, skirmish, fighter



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