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Skirmisher

noun
1.
Someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party).





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"Skirmisher" Quotes from Famous Books



... gallant part in a severe skirmish that began before daylight. A small Sioux band, fighting in a forest with great courage and tenacity, was gradually driven back by dismounted white troopers. Dick, a skirmisher on the right flank, became separated from his comrades during the fighting. He was aware that the Sioux had been defeated, but, like the others, he followed in eager pursuit, wishing to drive the ...
— The Last of the Chiefs - A Story of the Great Sioux War • Joseph Altsheler


Words linked to "Skirmisher" :   combatant, skirmish, belligerent, battler, scrapper, fighter


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