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masculine

/ti.ʁœʁ/

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Translation

shooter, gunman, marksman

Word origin

From the verb tirer ('to pull, to draw, to shoot') with the agent suffix -eur. The shooting sense grew out of the older idea of drawing a bowstring.

Origin: French
Root: tirer

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluraltireurs

Examples

The gunman vanished into the crowd.

The police are still looking for the two gunmen.

This marksman never misses his target.

The shooter was wearing a black mask.

The gunmen left the building without a sound.

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This word is part of lesson 41.