rifleman
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈraɪfəlmən/
:
tirador
- I want every rifleman, clerk, cook, pilot and engineer in a defensive position around this base.
We're all infantrymen, machine Gunners, riflemen, mortarmen.
- We're all infantrymen, machine Gunners, riflemen, mortarmen.
- And you know the first four weeks are teaching you how to be a basic Rifleman.
- So I just sit on my foot and I, I look back behind me to my Rifleman, but he's my speaker, my linguist.
Examples
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From day one, Marines learn that no matter what MOS they are assigned, they are a Rifleman first.
Blog text (22) -
A rifleman leans out the passenger window, lining up a shot.
Fiction book (2000) -
When you first get into position, check with your rifleman.
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The rifleman reports subject pulled a small, dark object out of his pocket.
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I was a rifleman in the infantry years ago.
Fiction book (1997) -
The new credo: every Marine a rifleman.
Academic text (2010) -
I requested a rifleman to ride with us on the top of the Humvee to give us some security.
Blog text (18) -
At the time of his death, the rifleman was on his second tour of duty in Iraq.
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Tim Murphy was the most famous rifleman of the American Revolution.
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James Ashenberner, 20, a car salesman in Manassas, Va., signed up to be an Army rifleman Wednesday.
Synonyms
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5.9
A person who shoots very accurately with a gun
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6.3
A soldier who fights on foot in the army
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7.7
A woman who shoots well with a gun
A person, often a soldier, who shoots with a rifle
A woman who is trained to use a rifle, often as a soldier or in shooting sports
Compounds
- New Zealand
A very small green and bronze songbird from New Zealand with a thin bill
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word rifleman comes from rifle and man. A rifle is a gun with grooves inside its barrel that make the bullet spin for better aim, and man means 'person', so a rifleman is a person whose main weapon or skill is the rifle.