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rifleman

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹaɪ̯fəlmən/Part of speech nounSorted aefilmnrStarts with REnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a male soldier whose weapon is a rifle

Word origin

From rifle + -man.

Used in a sentence

  • The riflemen had not been issued their weapons yet, and hence they trained with wooden mock-up rifles.
  • Anil Gurung joined the Army in 2006 as a rifleman with the 2nd Royal Gurkha Regiment.
  • She was quite the rifleman and could pick off a squirrels with a .22 from across the field with amazing accuracy.

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