skirmishern.

/ˈskəːmɪʃə/

Etymology: < skirmish v. + -er suffix¹.

a. One of a number of soldiers taking part in a skirmish or acting in loose order apart from the main body of an army or battalion.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > skirmisher

courier1523

skirmisher1565

straggler1589

bickerer1611

tirailleur1796

voltigeur1805

Bashi-Bazouk1855

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Excursor, a skirmishar.

1579 L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos 156 That his Skirmishers and light armed be beaten in.

1627 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman (rev. ed.) xvi*. 227 If this bee exactly done the skirmishers will neuer be aboue the length of one fyle behynde the bodye of your pykes.

1799 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry (ed. 3) 354 Skirmishers are to be very attentive..in instantly obeying the signals made for their direction.

1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. v. 199 A detachment of whom..were employed as skirmishers and marksmen.

1875 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea V. ii. 382 Our skirmishers gained the edge of the bank.

b. transferred and figurative. Something sent out in advance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] > antecedent or precursor

forerunnerOE

forridelc1000

messengerc1300

precursora1500

waymaker1574

postiliona1586

ushera1586

precedence1598

vaunt-courier1598

precedent1599

prodromus1602

ante-disposition1611

precedency1611

prodrome1611

antecedent1612

antedating1633

leading card1635

prodromy1647

antecessor1657

precursorya1660

prodromist1716

morning star1721

skirmisher1820

antecursor1850

1820 W. Scott Monastery I. Introd. Ep. 2 As you usually throw out a few lines of verse (by way of skirmishers, I suppose) at the head of each division of prose.

1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Jan. 1/3 We have four advertising cars, which go one, two, three and four weeks ahead. These we call ‘skirmishers’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	skirmisher
释义	skirmishern. /ˈskəːmɪʃə/ Etymology: < skirmish v. + -er suffix¹. a. One of a number of soldiers taking part in a skirmish or acting in loose order apart from the main body of an army or battalion. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > skirmisher courier1523 skirmisher1565 straggler1589 bickerer1611 tirailleur1796 voltigeur1805 Bashi-Bazouk1855 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Excursor, a skirmishar. 1579 L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos 156 That his Skirmishers and light armed be beaten in. 1627 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman (rev. ed.) xvi. 227 If this bee exactly done the skirmishers will neuer be aboue the length of one fyle behynde the bodye of your pykes. 1799 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry* (ed. 3) 354 Skirmishers are to be very attentive..in instantly obeying the signals made for their direction. 1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. v. 199 A detachment of whom..were employed as skirmishers and marksmen. 1875 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea V. ii. 382 Our skirmishers gained the edge of the bank. b. transferred and figurative. Something sent out in advance. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] > antecedent or precursor forerunnerOE forridelc1000 messengerc1300 precursora1500 waymaker1574 postiliona1586 ushera1586 precedence1598 vaunt-courier1598 precedent1599 prodromus1602 ante-disposition1611 precedency1611 prodrome1611 antecedent1612 antedating1633 leading card1635 prodromy1647 antecessor1657 precursorya1660 prodromist1716 morning star1721 skirmisher1820 antecursor1850 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. Introd. Ep. 2 As you usually throw out a few lines of verse (by way of skirmishers, I suppose) at the head of each division of prose. 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Jan. 1/3 We have four advertising cars, which go one, two, three and four weeks ahead. These we call ‘skirmishers’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1565
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