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the marksman
noun
A man or person skilled at hitting targets, as with a firearm, bow, or thrown object.
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Two shots were fired rapidly by the marksman.
"I didn't want to personalise [the tragedy] and blame the marksman.
This is Dolly, the assistant to the marksman Frank Butler in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
He doesn't blame the marksman for killing the hostage: "The man was up at 4.30am.
The marksman who fired the fatal shot has been taken off duty, but has not yet been suspended.
But strangely my breathing was smooth and calm, just as the marksman instructors at boot camp had trained us.
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The westerns that Scott made with Boetticher -- written by the marksman-plotter Burt Kennedy, who later went on to direct his own westerns -- have a tidy simplicity and brevity.
The marksmen had more success.
The marksmen aim for the head with.22-caliber rifles.
The Marksmen became the New Bedford Whalers in 1932 and won for a fifth time that year.
The marksmen at the scene would have taken the final decision on when to open fire.
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