rifleman

rifleman

English

Etymology

rifle +‎ -man

Noun

rifleman (plural riflemen)

1. A soldier trained to use a rifle as their primary weapon.

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

2. 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.

3. A small wrenlike insectivorous passerine bird endemic to New Zealand, Acanthisitta chloris, the titipounamu.

Translations

soldier

Finnish: jääkäri (fi) French: fusilier (fr) m Irish: muscaedóir m, fear raidhfil m

Italian: bersagliere (it) m Latvian: strēlnieks m, strēlniece f

person skilled in the use of a rifle

Finnish: hyvä ampuja Hungarian: lövész (hu)

Irish: fear raidhfil m

Acanthisitta chloris

Finnish: metsävilistäjä (fi)

Maori: tītitipounamu

See also

• infantry
• musketeer

Anagrams

• inflamer