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Tirailleur

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Ti`rail`leur´
n.1.(Mil.) Formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in the French army. They were used sometimes in front of the army to annoy the enemy, sometimes in the rear to check his pursuit. The term is now applied to all troops acting as skirmishers.
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Byline: David Lawrence CONNECTIONS of Tirailleur believe they have just one horse to beat in the Racing Post 'Hands And Heels' Jumps Series Handicap Hurdle at Plumpton today, writes David Lawrence.
Gingell keen on Tirailleur's hands and heels chance by The Racing Post (London, England)
He then won a countback, this time for second place, after finishing level on 34 with John Raine, three behind winner Alan Booth CAPTION(S): BETTING: 9-4 Dispol Foxtrot, 9-2 Tirailleur, 5 Sonderborg, 11-2 Wings Of Morning, 8 Sea Frolic, 10 Shielaligh, 12 Inchdura, 16 Others
Trevor Peake: CLUB NEWS FROM AROUND THE REGION by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Stereotypical images are violent for a number of reasons, as asserted by Anne Donadey in her analysis of images of Tirailleur senegalais: they serve to objectify and control the targeted group; they are imposed by the dominant ideology to over-determine any effort at self-definition; and they serve to cover colonial violence by domesticating African people into nonthreatening images as happy subordinates in the colonial order (Donadey 2000:15).
Re-presenting Africa: commemorative postage stamps of the colonial ... by Adedze, Agbenyega / African Arts
 
 
 
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