Shooter
['ʃuːtə] or ['ʃutɚ]
Definition
(noun.) (sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket).
(noun.) a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps.
Typist: Nelly--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner.
(n.) That which shoots.
(n.) A firearm; as, a five-shooter.
(n.) A shooting star.
Inputed by Julio
Examples
- The Dover road lay, as to him, beyond the Dover mail, as it lumbered up Shooter's Hill. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- For these reasons, they were considered unfit to be employed generally by soldiers, and they were entrusted only to select corps of rifle shooters. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- On the night of the 19th he received notice from the admiral that he had been attacked by sharp-shooters and was in imminent peril. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Edited by Gertrude