noun
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a person skilled in the use of a rifle, esp a soldier
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Also called: titipounamu. a wren, Acanthisitta chloris , of New Zealand: family Xenicidae See also bush wren
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Bek Ismailov, a 60-year-old rifleman visiting the parade, told AFP he wanted a "Russia without war".
From Barron's ● May 9, 2026
In the future, Breuer predicts, “Every rifleman will need to be a drone pilot.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Before becoming a politician he left the British Army as a rifleman to earn a living as the owner a jiu-jitsu gym in Swindon.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2024
Trained as a rifleman, Anderson found himself in Vietnam’s Quang Tri province.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024
The rifleman spat sideways and kicked uselessly at the ferns, dislodging raindrops.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
He fought in Congo, Syria and Lebanon, before joining a unit of marine riflemen known as the Kieffer commandos, which trained in the Scottish Highlands.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2023
Corporal Miyamura’s unit of 15 or so machine-gunners and riflemen came under attack while defending an outpost near Seoul, the South Korean capital, on the night of April 24, 1951.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
"But we have officers calling for additional resources, everybody that's in the area, tactical teams: We need equipment, we need specialty equipment, we need body armor, we need precision riflemen, negotiators."
From Salon ● May 27, 2022
Seeking an interview with Mao, he joined the Communist armies marching south in the Huaihai campaign, only to be taken prisoner by militia riflemen who took him to a hut near the battlefield.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2020
There was only room for them to land one at a time, and then the African riflemen had to make their way down the rock face.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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