franc-tireur
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
franc-tireur m (plural francs-tireurs, feminine franche-tireuse or franc-tireuse)
- (military) a sniper, an irregular, an impromptu guerrilla
- (figuratively) someone who works alone, outside of the rules
Descendants edit
- Italian: franco tiratore
- Spanish: francotirador
- Catalan: franctirador
Further reading edit
- “franc-tireur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.