If Germans maintain that the only good franc-tireur is a dead franc-tireur, they are not always justified.
A franc-tireur fired at them point-blank, and the bullet whistled between them.
He hangs a franc-tireur who fires on us with explosive bullets, but he himself does not hesitate to disgrace his uniform and regiment by firing explosive bullets at an escaping wretch in a balloon!
As they hurried from the cave another franc-tireur came up, leading a riderless cavalry horse by one hand; in the other he held his rifle, the butt dripping with blood.
A footfall sounded on the dead leaves behind him, and a franc-tireur touched him on the shoulder.
At that distance he could not tell a franc-tireur from any regular foot-soldier except line-infantry; their red caps and trousers were never to be mistaken.
The franc-tireur nodded with a ghastly smile and glanced down at his dripping gunstock.
Brocard, gazing pityingly at Lorraine; "I've half a mind to turn franc-tireur myself and drill holes in the hides of these Prussian swine!
Tomorrow night this village is to be attacked, and every franc tireur found here put to the sword.
But the original, typical Franc-Tireur carried no papers, wore no recognisable uniform; nor were the chiefs of bands responsible to any superior officer.
Why the Prussians hung or shot every franc-tireur they caught; and invariably the nearest village was burned.
Either we turn franc-tireur and make our bivouac yonder in the forest, or we gather our people at The Pulpit, lie there tonight, and at daylight strike out for the Dutch frontier.
Encyclopédie under the article Tireur et fileur d’or; and other works.
Encyclopédie, under the article Tireur et fileur d’or.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tireur" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
