rifleman

Etymology

rifle + -man

noun

1. A soldier trained to use a rifle as their primary weapon.
   The riflemen had not been issued their weapons yet, and hence they trained with wooden mock-up rifles.
   Anil Gurung joined the Army in 2006 as a rifleman with the 2nd Royal Gurkha Regiment. May 6 2020, Paul Stephen, “Britain's bravest thinks big”, in Rail, page 62
2. A person especially skilled in the use of a rifle.
   She was quite the rifleman and could pick off a squirrels with a .22 from across the field with amazing accuracy.
3. A small wrenlike insectivorous passerine bird endemic to New Zealand, Acanthisitta chloris, the titipounamu.