tirador

Catalan

Etymology

From tirar +‎ -dor.

Noun

tirador m (plural tiradors, feminine tiradora)

1. shooter

Derived terms

• franctirador

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Cebuano

Etymology

tira +‎ -dor

Noun

tirador

1. a slingshot; a Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles
2. (biblical) a sling; an instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other; a shepherd's sling
3. a shooter; someone who shoots something, especially with a gun
4. a hitman; a contract killer
5. a gunman; a criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer

Verb

tirador

1. to shoot something or someone with a slingshot or sling

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tirador.

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century. From tirar (“to shoot; to pull”) +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiɾaˈðoɾ/

Noun

tirador m (plural tiradores)

1. shooter
   • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 95:

     Sagitario que quer dizer tanto cõmo [aseetador] ou tirador de séétas

     Sagitario, which means "arrower" or arrow shooter

2. door handle
3. rafter
4. (archaic, business) tenderer

Related terms

• tirar

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tirador”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “tirador” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Noun

tirador m (plural tiradores, feminine tiradora, feminine plural tiradoras)

1. shooter, rifleman

Derived terms

• francotirador

Related terms

• tirar

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Tagalog

Etymology

tira +‎ -dor.

Noun

tirador

1. slingshot
2. shooter
3. hitman; contract killer
4. gunman