skirmish
noun
a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies.
skirmisher
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a word derived from
skirmish.
Example Sentences
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Again and again the pursuit of a skirmisher was driven back by these deadly riflemen.
From The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
He quickly qualified as a sharp-shooter, both as skirmisher and from the top of the trench.
From Sergeant York And His People by Sam K. (Sam Kinkade) Cowan
As a skirmisher, or in guerrilla warfare, in which he might always retire to a hidden fastness, baffling pursuers by innumerable ruses and doublings, Jenny could hold her own.
From Nocturne by Frank Swinnerton
The faithful old servant proved himself an able skirmisher.
From Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 by Various
They moved off, not in the direction of the park, but of the road, and I lay along the grass, peeping over a grave, as a skirmisher might, observing the enemy.
From In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
