"rifleman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: riflemen [plural]
Etymology: rifle + -man Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rifle|man}} rifle + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|riflemen}} rifleman (plural riflemen)
  1. A soldier trained to use a rifle as a primary weapon. Translations (soldier): fusilari (Basque), стрелец (strelec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), fuseller [masculine] (Catalan), jääkäri (Finnish), kiväärimies (Finnish), fusilier [masculine] (French), muscaedóir [masculine] (Irish), fear raidhfil [masculine] (Irish), bersagliere [masculine] (Italian), fuciliere [masculine] (Italian), strēlnieks [masculine] (Latvian), strēlniece [feminine] (Latvian), fusilhièr [masculine] (Occitan), fuzileiro [masculine] (Portuguese), стрелок (strelok) [masculine] (Russian), fusilero [masculine] (Spanish), стріле́ць (strilécʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-rifleman-en-noun-rmoxCCiz Disambiguation of 'soldier': 100 0 0
  2. A person especially skilled in the use of a rifle. Translations (person skilled in the use of a rifle): снайперист (snajperist) [masculine] (Bulgarian), лӱйышӧ (lüjyšö) (Eastern Mari), kivääriampuja (Finnish), kiväärimies (Finnish), lövész (Hungarian), fear raidhfil [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-rifleman-en-noun-IAkjYCZF Disambiguation of 'person skilled in the use of a rifle': 23 76 1
  3. A small wrenlike insectivorous passerine bird endemic to New Zealand, Acanthisitta chloris, the titipounamu. Categories (topical): People Categories (lifeform): Perching birds Translations (Acanthisitta chloris): metsävilistäjä (Finnish), tītitipounamu (Maori), barglik [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-rifleman-en-noun-Pqqip49e Disambiguation of People: 23 27 50 Disambiguation of Perching birds: 5 5 89 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 22 66 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 17 20 63 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 19 66 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 11 11 78 Disambiguation of 'Acanthisitta chloris': 0 0 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: infantry, musketeer

Inflected forms

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