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Definition of Skirmisher
1. Noun. Someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party).
Definition of Skirmisher
1. n. One who skirmishes.
Definition of Skirmisher
1. Noun. an infantry soldier used for skirmishing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Skirmisher
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skirmisher
Literary usage of Skirmisher
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1866)
"No reply was made by my artillery, but my skirmisher« were advanced ns far as
possible, and annoyed the enemy considerably. ..."
2. Infantry Tactics: For the Instruction, Exercise, and Manœuvres of the by Silas Casey (1862)
"10. 1. Double quick time. 2. The run. 3. Deploy as skirmisher». 4. Formará. ö.
In retreat. 6. Halt. 7. By the right flank. 8. By the left flank. 10. ..."
3. Captain Mayne Reid: His Life and Adventures by Elizabeth Hyde Reid, Charles H. Coe (1900)
"These were entitled " Sketches of a skirmisher," and were published in the New
York Spirit of the Times, over the nom-de- ..."
4. War and the World's Life by Frederic Natusch Maude (1907)
"The French who, in Europe, may be said to have initiated the school of the
skirmisher—found their national tendency strengthened by Prussian example, ..."
5. Life of William Penn: The Celebrated Quaker and Founder of Pennsylvania by Joseph Barker (1847)
"Penn in reply wrote " The skirmisher defeated and Truth defended,'" in which he
was so successful, that Cheney never ventured to provoke him again. ..."
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