snipern.
/ˈsnʌɪpə/, U.S. /ˈsnaɪpər/ 1. One who snipes, or shoots from concealment, etc.; a sharp-shooter.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > by type of shooting
hotshot1593
tirailleur1796
sharpshooter1802
sniper1824
pot-shooter1849
fusillader1878
pot-shotter1904
1824 E. India Mil. Cal. II. 541 Several sepoys were killed and wounded by the enemy's snipers.
1897 Daily News 30 July 5/2 It is impossible to see the snipers, who generally stalk the sentries from behind stones.
1900 Daily Tel. 27 Feb. 9/3 The artillery keep the Boer snipers down.
2. A snipe-shooter.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooter > [noun] > shooter of other birds
sniper1840
grouser1865
1840 E. E. Napier Scenes & Sports Foreign Lands II. v. 140 With his brandy flask by his side, and his well filled bag, the sniper still wanders through his old haunts.
3. U.S. A prospector for gold or the like.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > prospector > for gold or diamonds
gold-finder1578
fossicker1852
Klondiker1897
sniper1902
pork-knocker1910
1902 U.S. Geol. Surv., Prof. Paper 10 51 Some unsystematic work [searching for gold] was done during the fall of 1901 by snipers, usually working with rockers.
4. Logging. One who cuts a snipe on a log.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > transport of logs > cut in log > one who
sniper1905
1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 48 Sniper, one who noses logs before they are skidded.
1906 Log of ‘Columbia’ June 8/1 ‘He ought to be chased out of the woods,’ said Jim, the sniper.
1914 Chambers's Jrnl. 3 Oct. 696/1 Summoning the sniper for an occasional undersnipe.
1956 R. W. Andrews Glory Days of Logging 14 These were..snipers who shaped the butt ends, so they [sc. logs] wouldn't hang up on the skids.
5. Australian. (See quot. 1945.)
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society > occupation and work > worker > those involved in labour relations > [noun] > non-union worker
non-unionist1861
sniper1945
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. xiv. 248 A waterfront term of fairly recent origin is sniper, a non-union labourer.
1955 J. Morrison Black Cargo 14 It will need only one shout of ‘Sniper!’ and Lamond will be lucky to get out without being knocked down.
1957 T. Nelson Hungry Mile 72 The W.W.F. had preference of work, wharf by wharf. The outsiders (snipers) would stand back at the gate until the W.W.F. men were all used.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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