Rifleman

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA 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."

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

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