Marksman
['mɑːksmən] or ['mɑrksmən]
Definition
(n.) One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well.
(n.) One who makes his mark, instead of writing his name, in signing documents.
Typed by Leigh
Examples
- Then, springing to his feet, he commenced to run rapidly after his companions, followed by the baffled marksman, who did not wait to reload. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- At that instant Holmes sprang like a tiger on to the marksman's back, and hurled him flat upon his face. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The new plan worked with great success, and a little practice made expert marksmen. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Several shots sung past them, but their pursuers were evidently bad marksmen, and they gained the entrance of the gorge without being hurt. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Moorish guns are not good, and neither are Moorish marksmen. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Editor: Simon