rifleman

Noun

Meaning

of Rifleman

A soldier armed with a rifle.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

trooper soldier warrior shooter marksman gunman infantryman hunter archer musketeer jaeger grenadier gunner bowman man
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Antonyms

peacekeeper dove pal peacemaker civilian citizen
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Hypernyms

soldier marksman sharpshooter crack shot

Hyponyms

carabineer carbineer carabinier

Phrases with the word

automatic rifleman rifleman's weapon expert rifleman

Derivatives

rifleman

Anagrams

inflamer

Examples

You know I grew up watching the TV series The Rifleman. Tom Selleck

The Marques' thought he had the Rifleman beaten, but all he had done was to make the Rifleman fight. This no longer looked like a duel to d'Alembord; it looked like a brawl leading to slaughter. Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe bellowed in anger, the war shout. They thought him weak and beaten, but he had one fight in him and they would learn what a Rifleman was in a fight. Bernard Cornwell

The rifleman in training is usually under close observation and the chief pressure upon him is to give satisfaction to his superior, whereas the rifleman engaging the enemy is of necessity pretty much on his own, and the chief pressure on him is to remain alive, if possible. S.L.A. Marshall

I'm an NRA-certified Expert Rifleman. Andy Cohen

All quiet along the Potomac they say Except now and then a stray picket Is shot as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. Mike Jones

Close letter words and terms

rifledom riflelike riflemaker rifleman bird rifleman's weapon riflemanship