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sharpshooter

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sharp·shoot·er  (shärpshtr)
n.
1. One who is highly proficient at shooting.
2.
a. The second military grade of proficiency in the use of rifles and other small arms.
b. One who holds this grade of proficiency.
sharpshooter
Noun
a skilled marksman
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sharpshooter - an athlete noted for accurate aim
athlete, jock - a person trained to compete in sports
2.sharpshootersharpshooter - someone skilled in shooting
crack shot, marksman
deadeye - a dead shot
franc-tireur - a sharpshooter (in the French army)
rifleman - someone skilled in the use of a rifle
shooter, shot - a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot); "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter"
sniper - a marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place
3.sharpshooter - a fast schooner once used by New England fisherman for illegal fishing in Canadian waters
schooner - sailing vessel used in former times
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The men were fighting on foot with long-swords, while an occasional shot from a sharpshooter on the outskirts of the conflict would bring down a warrior who might for an instant separate himself from the entangled mass.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Fools, if you would find the bullet of a sharpshooter in these woods, you must look in the object, and not around it
The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
I say, old sharpshooter, she may have pretty bones, but I can’t say so much for her flesh, d’ye see, for she looks somewhat like anatomy with another man’s jacket on.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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