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MARKSMAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone skilled in shooting

Synonyms:

crack shot; marksman; sharpshooter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("marksman" is a kind of...):

shooter; shot (a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "marksman"):

deadeye (a dead shot)

franc-tireur (a sharpshooter (in the French army))

rifleman (someone skilled in the use of a rifle)

sniper (a marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place)

Instance hyponyms:

Annie Oakley; Oakley (United States sharpshooter who was featured in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (1860-1926))

Derivation:

marksmanship (skill in shooting)

Credits

 Context examples: 

“He is the best marksman of all the crossbow companies and it was he who brought down the Constable de Bourbon at Brignais. I fear that your man will come by little honor with him.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The younger archers, with their coats of mail thrown aside, their brown or flaxen hair tossing in the wind, and their jerkins turned back to give free play to their brawny chests and arms, stood in lines, each loosing his shaft in turn, while Johnston, Aylward, Black Simon, and half-a-score of the elders lounged up and down with critical eyes, and a word of rough praise or of curt censure for the marksmen.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)