sniper

snipe +‎ -er

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsnaɪ.pɚ/
• Rhymes: -aɪpə(r)

sniper (plural snipers)

1. A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.

   (by extension) A sniper rifle

2. Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.
3. One who shoots from a concealed position.
   • 1874, Richard John Batt, The Maryland Continentals, 1780-1781‎:

     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.

4. One who criticizes.
   • c. 1934, The Living Age‎, 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.

5. (ice hockey slang) A player who specializes in scoring goals.

   Alexander Ovechkin is often regarded as the greatest sniper of his generation.

• sniper rifle

• marksman
• sharpshooter
• sniper's hide

• Perins, Piners, Prines, persin, repins, respin, ripens, serpin

From English

• IPA^(key): /snaj.pœʁ/

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sniper m (plural snipers)

1. sniper (person, weapon)

sniper f

1. plural indefinite of snipe

sniper m, f (plural snipers)

1. (military) sniper (person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position)

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