Definition of Tirailleurs. Meaning of Tirailleurs. Synonyms of Tirailleurs

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Definition of Tirailleurs

Tirailleur
Tirailleur Ti`rail`leur", n. [F., from tirailler to skirmish, wrest, from tirer to draw.] (Mil.) Formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in the French army. They were used sometimes in front of the army to annoy the enemy, sometimes in the rear to check his pursuit. The term is now applied to all troops acting as skirmishers.

Meaning of Tirailleurs from wikipedia

- African Tirailleurs (2nd, 4th, 7th Tirailleurs and 4th Zouaves and Tirailleurs). By the end of the war, all the 16 North African Tirailleur regiments...
- The Senegalese Tirailleurs (French: Tirailleurs Sénégalais) were a corps of colonial infantry in the French Army. They were initially recruited from Senegal...
- enrolled in the French colonial army in 1820 and the company of the tirailleurs sénégalais was formed in 1857. They fought for France in both World Wars...
- 2e Régiment de Tirailleurs de la Garde Impériale. Two regiments of Tirailleurs-Ch****eurs were formed at the same time as the Tirailleurs-Grenadiers, and...
- The 1st Tirailleur Regiment (French: 1er régiment de tirailleurs, 1er RTir) is a mechanized infantry unit of the French Army, created in 1994 under the...
- (French: Tirailleurs tonkinois, Vietnamese: Quân đoàn bộ binh Bắc Kỳ). In the early days of these regiments the charge was often made that the tirailleurs were...
- "Tirailleurs"". YouTube (in French). 19 May 2022. Sy, Omar (10 November 2022). "En cette veille d'Armistice 1918, découvrez l'affiche de #Tirailleurs,...
- The 24th Senegalese Tirailleurs Regiment (24e régiment de tirailleurs sénégalais, 24e RTS), was a Senegalese tirailleurs regiment of the French army which...
- three companies of the 1st Regiment of Senegalese Tirailleurs and the 7th Regiment of Senegalese Tirailleurs, backed by elements from local National Gendarmerie...
- Malagasy troops were recruited, and the Tirailleurs malgaches were formed along similar lines to the Senegalese Tirailleurs, forming part of the Troupes coloniales...