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Definition of Sniper
1. Noun. A marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place.
Definition of Sniper
1. Noun. A person who carries the professional title of sniper ¹
2. Noun. A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position. ¹
3. Noun. Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sniper
1. one that snipes [n -S] - See also: snipes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sniper
Literary usage of Sniper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Angola: Arms Trade and Violations of the Laws of War Since the 1992 by Arms Project (Human Rights Watch), Human Rights Watch/Africa (1994)
"sniper Fire sniper fire in Kuito between June and September 1993 caused many ...
One particular sniper was very effective from his location on top of the ..."
2. History of the Yankee Division by Harry A. Benwell (1919)
"CHAPTER XIV sniper " Gets " Young " Scotty " "Scotty" was a sixteen-year-old
member of an ... "Scotty" raised his head, and a German sniper got him. ..."
3. International Cases: Arbitrations and Incidents Illustrative of by Ellery Cory Stowell, Henry Fraser Munro (1916)
"(g) Sniping SHOOTING OF A sniper LONDON, September 2. One of the most vivid
accounts of an episode of war comes from the Lokalanzeiger of August 24. ..."
4. Notes on Training for Rifle Fire in Trench Warfare by Army War College (U.S., U.S. Army war college, Washington, D.C., Army War College (U.S.) (1917)
"It is better to have them run obliquely rather than perpendicularly with respect
to the trench line, and a curtain A PREPARED sniper POSITION. ..."
5. Australians in War: With the Australian Regiment, from Melbourne to by WIlliam T. Reay (1900)
"H MEETS sniper. The lull before the expected crossing of the Orange River gave
me a chance to ... sniper."
6. Howard's Hill and Other True Stories: Small Unit Marine Action in Vietnam by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"Roth brought his men on line facing toward the sniper. ... Just as the Marines
rose, the sniper bobbed up like a duck in a shooting gallery. ..."
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