rifleman has definitions from the fields of military,work,arms
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[ noun ] (arms) someone skilled in the use of a rifle

Used in print

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

There had been no sign of a rifleman and no track or trace to show that anyone had been near .

For the unseen , ghostlike rifleman aimed a_little higher the third time .

A detailed scouring of the entire area revealed nothing beyond a ledge of rocks that might have been the rifleman 's hiding_place .

Related terms

marksman

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[ noun ] (military,work) a soldier whose weapon is a rifle

Used in print

(Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)

One of his innovations was to see_to_it that every man - cook and clerk as_well_as rifleman - qualified with every weapon in the troop .

Related terms

soldier carabineer

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