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SKIRMISHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does skirmisher mean?
• SKIRMISHER (noun)
The noun SKIRMISHER has 1 sense:
1. someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party)
Familiarity information: SKIRMISHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("skirmisher" is a kind of...):
battler; belligerent; combatant; fighter; scrapper (someone who fights (or is fighting))
Derivation:
skirmish (engage in a skirmish)
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