rifleman.
A soldier trained to use a rifle as a primary weapon.
Meaning & usage
A soldier trained to use a rifle as a primary weapon.
The riflemen had not been issued their weapons yet, and hence they trained with wooden mock-up rifles.
A person especially skilled in the use of a rifle.
She was quite the rifleman and could pick off a squirrels with a .22 from across the field with amazing accuracy.
A small wrenlike insectivorous passerine bird endemic to New Zealand, Acanthisitta chloris, the titipounamu.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- Proto-Germanic *rīfaną Proto-Germanic *-lōną Proto-Germanic *rīfilōną Proto-West Germanic *rīfilōn Frankish *rīffilōnbor. Old French riflerbor. Middle English riflen English rifle Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English rifleman From rifle + -man.
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