Associations to the word «Rifleman»

Wiktionary

RIFLEMAN, noun. A soldier trained to use a rifle as their primary weapon.
RIFLEMAN, noun. A person especially skilled in the use of a rifle.
RIFLEMAN, noun. A small wrenlike insectivorous passerine bird endemic to New Zealand, Acanthisitta chloris, the titipounamu.

Dictionary definition

RIFLEMAN, noun. Someone skilled in the use of a rifle.
RIFLEMAN, noun. A soldier whose weapon is a rifle.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats