(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:10:34

Skir"mish*er (?), n.

One who skirmishes.

Specifically: pl. Mil.

Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column.

 

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