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
“During rotations, unfortunately, there are a lot of losses, the most losses,” said a 52-year-old rifleman known by his call sign Psycho.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
The intelligence service reported that the soldier carrying the ID card said he was born in 2005 and had been serving North Korea as a rifleman since 2021.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025
Trained as a rifleman, Anderson found himself in Vietnam’s Quang Tri province.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024
“One night...there was a tremendous storm blowing, lightning was flashing and flares were still going up,” British rifleman Henry Williamson recalled.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
The bronze riflemen are unmistakable in their likeness.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
"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
Extras playing riflemen fired their guns to test for volume.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2017
One day, some newly arrived riflemen from backwoods Virginia were walking through the yards at Harvard.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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