rifleman

rifle +‎ -man

rifleman (plural riflemen)

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.

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.

• infantry
• musketeer

• inflamer