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Webster 1913 Edition


Rifleman

Ri′fle-man

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Noun.
;
pl.
Rifleman
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(Mil.)
A soldier armed with a rifle.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rifleman

RI'FLEMAN

,
Noun.
A man armed with a rifle.

Definition 2024


rifleman

rifleman

English

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.

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