"sharpshooter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: sharpshooters [plural]
Etymology: sharp + shooter, a calque of German Scharfschütze. Etymology templates: {{m|en|sharp}} sharp, {{m|en|shooter}} shooter, {{cal|en|de|Scharfschütze|nocap=1}} calque of German Scharfschütze Head templates: {{en-noun}} sharpshooter (plural sharpshooters)
  1. A person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman. Translations (marksman): skerpskutter (Afrikaans), снайпер (snayper) (Bashkir), мәргән (mərgən) (Bashkir), сна́йпер (snájper) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 神槍手 (Chinese Mandarin), 神枪手 (shénqiāngshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 狙擊兵 (Chinese Mandarin), 狙击兵 (jūjībīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 射手 (shèshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), skarpskytte [common-gender] (Danish), finskytte [common-gender] [army, military, war, government, politics] (Danish), scherpschutter [masculine] (Dutch), вик лӱйышӧ (vik lüjyšö) (Eastern Mari), tarkka-ampuja (Finnish), tireur d’élite [masculine] (French), Scharfschütze [masculine] (German), Scharfschützin [feminine] (German), άριστος σκοπευτής (áristos skopeftís) (Greek), επιδέξιος σκοπευτής (epidéxios skopeftís) (Greek), צַלָף (tsalaf) (Hebrew), mesterlövész (Hungarian), penembak jitu (Indonesian), tiratore scelto [masculine] (Italian), tiratrice scelta [feminine] (Italian), strzelec wyborowy [masculine] (Polish), atirador de elite [masculine] (Portuguese), сна́йпер (snájper) [masculine] (Russian), ме́ткий стрело́к (métkij strelók) [masculine] (Russian), francotirador [masculine] (Spanish), skarpskytt [common-gender] (Swedish), นักแม่นปืน (nák-mɛ̂n-bpʉʉn) (Thai), atıcı (Turkish), nişancı (Turkish), xạ thủ (Vietnamese), nhà thiện xạ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-sharpshooter-en-noun-WCRW8WiJ Disambiguation of 'marksman': 89 1 10
  2. A proconiine (type of leafhopper).
    Sense id: en-sharpshooter-en-noun-1wvaMpXP
  3. (professional wrestling) A submission hold characterized by one wrestler twisting the other's legs upwards while sitting on their back. Categories (topical): Professional wrestling, Entomology
    Sense id: en-sharpshooter-en-noun-N~rKZLKF Disambiguation of Entomology: 14 17 68 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 25 59 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 17 69 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 16 68 Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, professional-wrestling, sports, war, wrestling
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: glassy-winged sharpshooter, orange sharpshooter, Texas sharpshooter fallacy

Inflected forms

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strzelec wyborowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atirador de elite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "snájper",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сна́йпер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "métkij strelók",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ме́ткий стрело́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "francotirador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skarpskytt"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nák-mɛ̂n-bpʉʉn",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "นักแม่นปืน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "atıcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "nişancı"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "xạ thủ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "marksman",
      "word": "nhà thiện xạ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sharpshooter",
    "sharpshooter (insect)"
  ],
  "word": "sharpshooter"
}

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