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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
Maybe they’d been scared, like the rifleman and his friend, not wanting to be out in unfamiliar territory with the boy on the loose.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
The bronze riflemen are unmistakable in their likeness.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
“But the fact is, if these African riflemen had not been there in World War II, France would not have been liberated. That cannot be denied.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2023
"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
The officers placed calls for more equipment and back-up, including tactical teams, precision riflemen and negotiators, as they evacuated students and teachers from the school.
From Washington Times ● May 26, 2022
“Well, even if it is, Lyra, I don’t know what anyone could do about it. Sixty Sibirsk riflemen, and fire throwers...Mr. Scoresby, step over here if you would, for a moment.”
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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