markswoman
Americannoun
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markswomen
plural
Gender
See -woman.
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Origin of markswoman
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The then-deputy L.A. police chief and future chief James Davis — who gloried in the nickname “Two-Gun Davis” — recommended markswoman Marion Semmelmeyer as the crack shot for a newsreel scene in 1933.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
He was evaluated by a physicist, shot by a markswoman and performed by actor Jeanne Moreau.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2017
As India awaits glory in Athens, its star athlete, markswoman Anjali Bhagwat, is peeved that she had to pay for a coach on her own.
From Time Magazine Archive
She is not so infallible a markswoman, but that she might shoot at a crow and kill a pigeon.
From Maid Marian by Thomas Love Peacock
To divert her suspicions, he began to talk of archery, and, under the pretext of testing her skill as a markswoman, bade her shoot at a dark speck rising and falling far out at sea.
From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline) Guerber
He would see a row of lovely archers, backed by a second row of older and more experienced markswomen.
From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Lucia Gilbert Calhoun
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