rifleman
Sharpshooter with firearm
A rifleman is a soldier armed with a rifle, typically an infantry soldier.
The term dates to when rifles were specialized weapons rather than standard issue, distinguishing these troops from those carrying muskets or other arms.
Now rifleman often serves as a basic infantry rank or designation: He enlisted as a rifleman.
A rifleman may also be someone skilled at shooting rifles generally.
Soldier armed with musket
- dragoonCavalryman or browbeat
- minutemanInstantly deployable colonial soldier
- redcoatBritish soldier, colonial era
- continentalOf a continent
doughboy · Tommy · GI · sharpshooter · Enfield · Springfield · Mauser · militia
Purpose or direction
- triggerWhat initiates action
- targetObject of pursuit
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- accuracyDegree of correctness
scope · sight · range · bullet · cartridge · barrel · caliber · recoil
Soldier armed with musket
- grenadierElite explosive-hurling soldier
- fusilierMusket-bearing infantry soldier
- skirmisherIrregular advance combatant
- footmanUniformed domestic male attendant
conscript · recruit · private · corporal · sergeant · volunteer · foot-soldier · trench
Small working group
- platoonSmall infantry formation
- battalionMid-sized military unit
- regimentColonel-led military unit
- brigadeLarge military unit
company · corps · division · barracks · drill · tactics · deployment · reconnaissance
Act of hiding something
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- coverProtect by overlaying
- vegetationPlant life collectively
- terrainLand's physical features
prone · fieldcraft · stalking
Small loud songbird
- endemicNative to one area
- songbirdMelodious perching avian
- perchingResting while gripping
- bushMulti-stemmed woody plant
forest · insectivore · plumage · birdwatching · ornithology · native · conservation
musketeer
Soldier armed with musket
- dragoonCavalryman or browbeat
- minutemanInstantly deployable colonial soldier
- redcoatBritish soldier, colonial era
continental · doughboy · Tommy · GI · sharpshooter · Enfield · Springfield · Mauser · militia
aim
Purpose or direction
accuracy · scope · sight · range · bullet · cartridge · barrel · caliber · recoil · bipod
musketeer
Soldier armed with musket
- grenadierElite explosive-hurling soldier
- fusilierMusket-bearing infantry soldier
- skirmisherIrregular advance combatant
footman · conscript · recruit · private · corporal · sergeant · volunteer · foot-soldier · trench · bayonet
squad
Small working group
brigade · company · corps · division · barracks · drill · tactics · deployment · reconnaissance · maneuver
concealment
Act of hiding something
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- coverProtect by overlaying
- vegetationPlant life collectively
terrain · prone · fieldcraft · stalking
wren
Small loud songbird
bush · forest · insectivore · plumage · birdwatching · ornithology · native · conservation
- New Zealand wrenrock wren
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- combatantssoldier, warrior, fighter, swordsman, spearman
- military personnelsoldiers, soldier, midshipmen, officers, troops
- military rolessoldier, warrior, Praetorian Guard, sailor, Imperial Guard
- soldiersinfantryman, private, grenadier, grenadiers, fusilier
riflemanartilleryman
Soldier operating heavy weaponry
cavalryman · tanker · sailor · gunner · naval officer
riflemancivilian
Non-military person
noncombatant · pacifist · conscientious objector · bystander · refugee
riflemangeneral
Widespread, not specialized
commanding officer · field marshal · admiral · desk jockey · armchair general