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Noun Concept
Categories: Combat occupations, Paramilitary organizations based in France, Military history of France, Militias, Obsolete occupations
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franc-tireur  francs-tireurs  Franc tireur  Franc-Tireurs  francs-tireur
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A sharpshooter (in the French army) WordNet 3.0
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A sharpshooter (in the French army) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Francs-tireurs were irregular military formations deployed by France during the early stages of the Franco-Prussian War. Wikipedia
French volunteers, chiefly peasants, who carried on a guerilla warfare against the Germans in the Franco-German War Wikidata
IS A
marksman
military profession
combatant
PART OF
irregular military
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
REGION DOMAIN
France
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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franc-tireur
Wikipedia
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francs-tireurs
Wikidata
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franc-tireur
Wikipedia Redirections
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franc-tireur, Franc-tireurs, Franc-Tireurs, Franc tireur, Franc Tireur, francs-tireur, francs tireurs
Wikidata Alias
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Franc-Tireurs

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