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Rifleman

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

📖 Definitions of "Rifleman"

noun
  1. 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. 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. 3

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

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