Targeteer
/ˌtɑːr.ɡəˈtɪər/noun
A person who aims at or selects a target, especially in shooting or military operations.
Did you know?The word target began as the name for a small shield before shifting toward the practice of aiming weapons at a marked object.
Etymological Timeline
Early Medieval Period
Proto-Germanic
*targō
“A shield or defensive covering; the precise ancestral form is reconstructed rather than directly recorded.”
12th Century
Old French
targe
“A shield, especially a small or light shield.”
14th Century
Middle English
target
“A small shield; the word was borrowed from the French shield term.”
16th Century
English
target
“A mark or object aimed at in shooting, archery, or competition.”
19th Century
English
targeteer
“A person who aims at or works with targets, formed from target plus the agent suffix -eer.”
Modern English
English
targeteer
“Someone who selects, identifies, or aims at a target, including in military or technical contexts.”