francotirador
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of French franc-tireur (“sniper, etc.”, literally “free-shooter”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]francotirador m (plural francotiradores, feminine francotiradora, feminine plural francotiradoras)
- sniper
- (by extension) sniper rifle
- Synonyms: rifle de francotirador, fusil de francotirador
- (by extension) sniper rifle
Further reading
[edit]- “francotirador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014