Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man skilled in shooting at a target.
- noun A classification in the US Army and Marine Corps for the lowest of three ratings of rifle proficiency.
- noun One who holds this rating.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is skilful in shooting with a gun or a bow; one who readily hits the mark; a good shooter.
- noun One who, not being able to write, makes his mark instead of signing his name.
- noun A soldier who makes 60 per cent. at target practice at ranges up to 600 yards.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well. especially with a pistol or rifle.
- noun (Law) One who makes his mark, instead of writing his name, in signing documents.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A man skilled in shooting (a gun) at a target.
- noun soccer
goalscorer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone skilled in shooting
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Examples
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Faced nagging back trouble earlier in the year, but remains a marksman from the tee who is not afraid to go for it with a championship on the line.
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There is Invariably a shooting-gallery, where, at a distance of some twelve paces, the bold marksman from the Black Forest pops little shuttlecock bolts from a spring gun at a grotesque figure made of painted wood, which, on being wounded in the 'bull's-eye,' whisks round on a pivot and jerks into its place a lovely woman, also of painted wood.
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I was not what you might call a marksman in those days, and so I set a bit of [v] hummock about ten yards off as a limit where I could not very conveniently miss, and waited until the bear should come opposite that.
The Literary World Seventh Reader Hetty Sibyl Browne 1907
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On this trip his frontier training and skill as a marksman were the means of saving a life.
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On this trip his frontier training and skill as a marksman were the means of saving a life.
Last of the Great Scouts The Life Story of William F Cody Wetmore, Helen C 1899
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Now I know Oliver Queen is a bow and arrow expert, but I've seen this guy in the comics too, and a marksman is a marksman.
Mania News Feed 2009
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Now I know Oliver Queen is a bow and arrow expert, but I've seen this guy in the comics too, and a marksman is a marksman.
Mania News Feed 2009
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They might allow him "marksman," a lesser honorific.
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Perhaps it is the same "marksman" who assumes all road signs are merely targets posted for his personal enjoyment.
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And one of the best rifle shooters I have ever met qualified only as "marksman" in Basic Training.
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