rifleman

[ rahy-fuh l-muh n ]

/ ˈraɪ fəl mən /

a soldier armed with a rifle.

a person skilled in the use of a rifle.

Origin of rifleman

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75; rifle¹ + -man

ri·fle·man·ship, noun

If Rifleman is rather a tragic character, his ally Alexander “Babay” Mozhayev is more comic.

The Kremlin’s Crazy Shock Troops |Oleg Shynkarenko |May 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He was assigned as a rifleman to Fox Company, Second Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment.

On Memorial Day, Remembering 15-Year-Old Marine PFC Dan Bullock |Michael Daly |May 28, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The rifleman appeared from the darkness, touching his cap to me.

The Maid-At-Arms |Robert W. Chambers
In July, 1868, the schooner Rifleman was sent down to the Chathams with supplies.

The Long White Cloud |William Pember Reeves

Grierson was made a prisoner, but was killed by a Georgia rifleman.

Stories Of Georgia |Joel Chandler Harris
He was an old Kentucky rifleman, and, as I learned to-day, a first-rate marksman.

Round Cape Horn |Joseph Lamson
Yet there were grounds for belief in what the rifleman had said.

A Lively Bit of the Front |Percy F. Westerman

rifleman

/ (ˈraɪfəlmən) /

a person skilled in the use of a rifle, esp a soldier

Also called: titipounamu a wren, Acanthisitta chloris, of New Zealand: family Xenicidae See also bush wren