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
Elizabeth was too clever to try to lay aside her sex, though she was a skilful markswoman, an able horse-woman.
From Great Ralegh by Hugh de Selincourt
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
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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