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markswoman

American  
[mahrks-woom-uhn] / ˈmɑrksˌwʊm ən /

noun

markswomen plural
  1. a woman skilled in shooting at a mark; a woman who shoots well.


Gender

See -woman.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of markswoman

1795–1805; mark 1 + 's 1 + -woman

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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 had her bows and arrows, and by original fitness, as well as by constant practice, she became an excellent markswoman.

From The Missing Bride by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

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 Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)

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 Calhoun, Lucia Gilbert

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