The riflemen had not been issued their weapons yet, and hence they trained with wooden mock-up rifles.
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Rifleman
Synonyms for "rifleman" (58 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (29)
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12 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 18 languages.
Basque
1 entries- fusilari noun (soldier)
Bulgarian
2 entries- снайперист noun (person skilled in the use of a rifle)
- стрелец noun (soldier)
Catalan
1 entries- fuseller noun (soldier)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- лӱйышӧ noun (person skilled in the use of a rifle)
Finnish
4 entries- jääkäri noun (soldier)
- kivääriampuja noun (person skilled in the use of a rifle)
- kiväärimies noun (soldier)
- kiväärimies noun (person skilled in the use of a rifle)
French
1 entries- fusilier noun (soldier)
Hungarian
1 entries- lövész noun (person skilled in the use of a rifle)
Irish
3 entries- fear raidhfil noun (soldier)
- fear raidhfil noun (person skilled in the use of a rifle)
- muscaedóir noun (soldier)
Italian
2 entries- bersagliere noun (soldier)
- fuciliere noun (soldier)
Kazakh
1 entries- атқыш noun (soldier)
Latvian
2 entries- strēlniece noun (soldier)
- strēlnieks noun (soldier)
Māori
1 entries- tītitipounamu noun (Acanthisitta chloris)
Occitan
1 entries- fusilhièr noun (soldier)
Polish
1 entries- barglik noun (Acanthisitta chloris)
Portuguese
1 entries- fuzileiro noun (soldier)
Russian
1 entries- стрелок noun (soldier)
Spanish
1 entries- fusilero noun (soldier)
Ukrainian
1 entries- стріле́ць noun (soldier)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Anil Gurung joined the Army in 2006 as a rifleman with the 2nd Royal Gurkha Regiment.
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She was quite the rifleman and could pick off a squirrels with a .22 from across the field with amazing accuracy.
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