NOUN | person | crack shot, marksman, sharpshooter | someone skilled in shooting / shooting / shooting |
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Meaning | someone skilled in shooting / shooting / shooting. | |
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Synonyms | marksman, sharpshooter | |
Instances | Oakley, Annie Oakley | United States sharpshooter who was featured in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (1860-1926) |
Narrower | deadeye | A dead shot |
franc-tireur | A sharpshooter (in the French army) | |
rifleman | someone skilled in the use of a rifle | |
sniper | A marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place | |
Broader | shot, shooter | A person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot / shoot / shoot) |
Spanish | francotirador, pistolero, tirador | |
Catalan | tirador |
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