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Meaning of rifleman

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

rifleman

noun

Definitions

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

    Example: 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.

    Example: 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.