Rifleman


noun, plural riflemen.
1.
a soldier armed with a rifle.
2.
a person skilled in the use of a rifle.
noun (pl) -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 Xenicidae See also bush wren

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