rifleman
noun
ri·fle·man
ˈrī-fəl-mən 
1
: a soldier armed with a rifle
2
: one skilled in shooting with a rifle
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Who is Daniel Penny? Penny, a former Marine sergeant, served as a rifleman to Camp Lejeune from 2017 to 2021.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Averin Valeriy Vasilievich, a 52-year-old rifleman with the 153rd Tank Regiment, took the kettle and left the trench to fetch water.
—David Axe, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
Trained as a rifleman, Anderson found himself in Vietnam’s Quang Tri province.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
In the better of the two portraits, his grandfather’s face is drowning in a sheet of white, though Mandelbaum included dozens of little doodles to one side: Panzers, riflemen.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Averin Valeriy Vasilievich, a 52-year-old rifleman with the 153rd Tank Regiment, took the kettle and left the trench to fetch water.
—David Axe, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
Trained as a rifleman, Anderson found himself in Vietnam’s Quang Tri province.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
In the better of the two portraits, his grandfather’s face is drowning in a sheet of white, though Mandelbaum included dozens of little doodles to one side: Panzers, riflemen.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
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“Rifleman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rifleman. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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rifleman
noun
ri·fle·man
ˈrī-fəl-mən
1
: a soldier armed with a rifle
2
: a person skilled in shooting with a rifle
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