marksman
/ˈmɑɹksmən/ noun C2- A man or person skilled at hitting targets, as with a firearm, bow, or thrown object.
- Goalscorer.
Plural marksmen
From the library
Having reached the summit of a rock, he saw, a thousand feet beneath him, his companions, whom Jacopo had rejoined, and who were all busy preparing the repast which Edmond’s skill as a marksman had augmented with a capital dish.
At that instant Holmes sprang like a tiger on to the marksman’s back, and hurled him flat upon his face.
I know you to be well skilled in the management of the sword, while I am only moderately so; I know, too, that you are a good marksman—there we are about equal.
“Or from your generosity, my friend; to so good a marksman as you are, I may say what would appear absurd to another.”
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