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Definition: Marksman |
MarksmanNoun1. Someone skilled in shooting. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "marksman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Note: Marksman \Marks"man\, noun; plural Marksmen. [Earlier markman; mark man.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: MarksmanSynonyms: crack shot (n), sharpshooter (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: marksmen (european union, military & defensemilitary & defense). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Proficient | Nice hand, good hand, clean hand; practiced hand, experienced eye, experienced hand; marksman; good shot, dead shot, crack shot; ropedancer, funambulist, acrobat; cunning man; conjuror; (deceiver); wizard. |
Regression | Shooter; shot; archer, toxophilite; bowman, rifleman, marksman; good shot, crack shot; sharpshooter; (combatant). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Marksman |
| English words defined with "marksman": butt ♦ Dead shot ♦ Markman, Marksmen ♦ sniper ♦ target. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "marksman": Freischtz ♦ Max. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "marksman": Markman. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Marksman (1953) Doc Yak the Marksman (1914) The Marksman (1987) | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | A second ball from the same marksman cut him short. |
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| "Marksman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Marksman" is used about 85 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 85 | 35,870 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "marksman": expert marksman. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "marksman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | qitës (shooter, shot, skirmisher), gjuajtës (aircraft, destroyer, fighter, fighter plane, pursuit plane, shooter, striker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هداف (marker, scorer, striker), الرامي بارع في الرماية, البارع في الرماية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | добър стрелец (rifleshot, tirailleur). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 神射手 (Marksmen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | střelec (Archer, bishop, gunman, rifleman, shooter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skytte (pirn, shooter, shuttle, spool, weft bobbin), konkurrenceskytter. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | schutter (Archer/the, Sagittarius, shooter), amateur-schutter. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نشانه گیر, تیراندازماهر (Sharpshooter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ampuja (shot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tireur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | scharfschütze (sharp shooter, sharpshooter, sniper), schütze (Archer, Archer/the, bowman, filling shuttle, gunner, Hunter, private, rifleman, sagittarian, sagittarius, scorer, shooter, shot, shuttle, weaving shuttle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σκοπευτήσ (sharpshooter, shot), πυροβολητής (shooter), χειριστής όπλου (shooter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קלע (sharpshooter, slinger, sniper), צלף (sharpshooter, sniper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mesterlövész (crack shot, dead shot, expert marksman, marksmen, sharpshooter), lövész (fusilier, ground trooper, infantry rifleman, infantryman, machine gunner, marksmen, rifleman, riflemen, rifle-shot, tirailleur). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tiratore scelto (sharpshooter), tiratore (sagittarius, shooter, shot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 사수 (Marksmen, shooter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lhiggeyder (allower, firer, permitter, shammer, shot, shot person, spigot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arksmanmay tinta indelével, atirador desportivo, atirador (dead shot, gunner, rifleman, shooter, thrower). (various references) ochitor de frunte, neştiutor de carte, bun trãgãtor, analfabet (illiterate, uneducated, unlettered). (various references) меткий стрелок (sharpshooter, sharp-shooter, sniper). (various references) strelac (archer, bowman, fusilier, jaeger, rifleman, sagittarius, shooter, skirmisher, tirailleur). (various references) tirador escondido (skirmisher, sling, slingshot, sniper), tirador deportivo, tirador (bellpull, button, catapult, door handle, handgrip, handle, pull, shooter, shot, sniper, trigger). (various references) skarpskytt (sharp shooter, sharpshooter). (various references) nişancı (gunner, pistol, shooter), atıcı (battery, brag, braggart, four-flusher, good shoot, pistol, pitcher, projectile, shooter, swaggerer, swashbuckler, thrower). (various references) mergen. (various references) влучний стрілець, неписьменний (illiterate, letterless, unbooked, unlettered). (various references) nh thiện xạ (sharp-shooter), người bắn súng giỏi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "marksman": marksmanship, marksmanships. (additional references) | |
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"Marksman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: marasmus, marckesano, marcusian, Marismas, marshman, Merkmal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "marksman" (pronounced mÄ"rksmun) |
| 5 | -k s m u n | spokesman. |
| 4 | -s m u n | baseman, chessman, congressman, craftsman, craftsmen, desman, draftsman, draftsmen, horseman, horsemen, houseman, huntsman, messman, policeman, pressman, sportsman, statesman, talisman, yachtsman. |
| 3 | -m u n | abdomen, acumen, adman, admen, airman, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, bagman, barman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, determine, Dolman, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, human, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, lumen, madmen, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokeswoman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yeoman. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-k-m-m-n-r-s" | |
-2 letters: karmas, makars. | |
-3 letters: araks, kanas, karma, karns, knars, maars, makar, mamas, manas, marks, narks, ranks, saran, smarm, snark. | |
-4 letters: amas, anas, ansa, arak, arks, arms, kaas, kana, karn, knar, maar, mama, mana, mans, mark, mars, mask, nark, rams, rank, sank, sark. | |
-5 letters: aas, ama, ana, ark, arm, ars, ask, kas, man, mar, mas, nam. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-k-m-m-n-r-s" | |
+2 letters: markswoman. | |
+4 letters: marksmanship. | |
+5 letters: katzenjammers, marksmanships. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 72 6B 73 6D 61 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- .-. -.- ... -- .- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01110010 01101011 01110011 01101101 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a r k s m a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0072 006B 0073 006D 0061 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4767847785796780 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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