Rifleman

Definitions

1. A soldier trained to use a rifle as a primary weapon.
2. A person especially skilled in the use of a rifle.
3. A small wrenlike insectivorous passerine bird endemic to New Zealand, Acanthisitta chloris, the titipounamu.

Equivalents

Examples

“The riflemen had not been issued their weapons yet, and hence they trained with wooden mock-up rifles.”

“Anil Gurung joined the Army in 2006 as a rifleman with the 2nd Royal Gurkha Regiment.”

“She was quite the rifleman and could pick⟳ off a squirrels with a .22 from across the field with amazing accuracy.”

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