sniper
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /'snaɪ.pɚ/
- Rhymes: -aɪpə(r)
Noun[edit]
sniper (plural snipers)
- A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.
- Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.
- One who shoots from a concealed position.
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1874, Richard John Batt, The Maryland Continentals, 1780-1781[1]:
- The British, having cleared the open field, now faced the problem of advancing through the trees into the sniper fire of several hundred Virginia militia.
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- One who criticizes.
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c. 1934, The Living Age[2], volume 351, page 30:
- No winnable seat has been found for Mr. H. L. Nathan, a powerful recruit from the Liberal ranks, and poor Mr. Wedgwood Benn, an invaluable sniper for a party in Opposition, has been out of Parliament now since 1931.
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Translations[edit]
a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position
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any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position
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From English
Noun[edit]
sniper m (plural snipers)
- sniper (person, weapon)
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
sniper m f (plural snipers)
- (military) sniper (person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position)
