franc-tireur
特立独行,特立独行的人,特立独行的,特立独行者
Definitions
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plural francs-ti·reurs [frahn-tee-rœr]. /frɑ̃ tiˈrœr/. French.
- : a sharpshooter in the French army.
Examples
In politics, there are inevitably issues that divide that coalition (Franc cited immigration as an example).
If you always suspected that the Heritage Foundation wanted its policy work to toe an ideological line, Franc agrees with you!
Franc notes that this is a "judgement call" but look at what Franc is saying here about the Heritage Foundation and conservatism.
At last she had fallen asleep and dreamed ecstatic dreams about diamond necklaces and thousand franc notes.
One day Aristide, with an unexpected franc or two in his pocket, stopped in front of a bureau de tabac.
He drew out his fat note-case and counted twenty-five one-thousand-franc notes on to the table.
They were divided into five regiments, and each man was paid a franc a-day by the French authorities.
For one franc that these men had at stake, it was probable that John Turner had a thousand.