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rifleman


noun, plural ri·fle·men.

  1. a soldier armed with a rifle.
  2. a person skilled in the use of a rifle.

noun plural -men

  1. a person skilled in the use of a rifle, esp a soldier
  2. Also called: titipounamu a wren, Acanthisitta chloris, of New Zealand: family XenicidaeSee also bush wren
n.

1775, from rifle (n.) + man (n.).

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