marksman

English

Etymology

From mark +‎ -s- +‎ man.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹksmən/

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• Hyphenation: marks‧man

Noun

marksman (plural marksmen)

1. A man or person skilled at hitting targets, as with a firearm, bow, or thrown object.
   • 2006, Nicholas Antongiavanni [pseudonym; Michael Anton], The Suit: A Machiavellian Approach to Men's Style, New York: HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 23:

     He should do as prudent marksmen do when the place they plan to hit appears too distant, and knowing how far the strength of their rifle carries, they set their aim much higher than the place intended, not to reach such a height with their bullet, but to be able with the aid of so high an aim to achieve their design.

2. (soccer) Goalscorer.
   • 2011 January 22, Phil McNulty, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Man City”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     In what was a characteristic Bent display, he made only an occasional impact - but proved once again in front of England coach Fabio Capello that he is one of the most reliable marksmen in the domestic game.

Synonyms

• (skilled shooter): sharpshooter

Derived terms

• marksmanly
• marksmanship
• markswoman

Translations

a man skilled in shooting at a target — see also sniper,‎ sharpshooter

• Bulgarian: добър стрелец m (dobǎr strelec)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (男)射手 ((nán) shèshǒu)

• Czech: střelec (cs) m
• Danish: finskytte n
• Dutch: scherpschutter (nl) m
• Finnish: tarkka-ampuja (fi)
• French: tireur d'élite (fr) m
• German: Scharfschütze (de) m, Präzisionsschütze m
• Greek: δεινός σκοπευτής m (deinós skopeftís), επίλεκτος σκοπευτής m (epílektos skopeftís)
• Hebrew: צַלָף (he) (tsalaf)
• Hungarian: mesterlövész (hu)
• Indonesian: penembak jitu (id)
• Irish: aimsitheoir m
• Italian: tiratore scelto m, tiratrice scelta f
• Macedonian: стрелец m (strelec)
• Marathi: नेमबाज m (nembāj)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: вик лӱйышӧ (vik lüjyšö)

• Norman: titheux m
• Ottoman Turkish: نشانجی (nişancı)
• Polish: strzelec (pl) m
• Portuguese: atirador de precisão m
• Romanian: trăgător (ro) m, trăgaci (ro) m, țintaș (ro) m, ochitor (ro) m
• Russian: сна́йпер (ru) m (snájper), ме́ткий стрело́к m (métkij strelók)
• Serbo-Croatian: strijelac (sh) m, strelac (sh) m
• Spanish: tirador (es) m
• Swedish: skarpskytt (sv) c
• Tatar: мәргән (tt) (märgän)
• Turkish: nişancı (tr)
• Vietnamese: xạ thủ (vi), nhà thiện xạ
• Volapük: lejütan m or f, hilejütan m

Anagrams

• Markmans, man-marks