lunetist

Forms

lunetist m (plural lunetiști)^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Romanian lunetă + -ist, from lunetă “telescopic sight” with the agent suffix.^{[2][3][4][1][5]} The base is from French lunette.^[3][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2 gives the first edition of the DEX (1975) as its first record, with the sense “marksman with a scoped rifle”.^[3]

Timeline

• 1975 – in the DEX, the first record.^[3]

Meanings

Noun

1. A sniper, marksman trained to use a rifle fitted with a telescopic sight.^[2][4][1]

Related words

• lunetă

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 605
3. ^ a b c d Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 1405
4. ^ a b Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România
5. ^ Wikționar (Romanian Wiktionary), ro.wiktionary.org