MARKSMEN

Definition: MARKSMEN

MARKSMEN

Plural

1. Of Marksman

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "MARKSMEN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references)

Synonyms: MARKSMEN

Synonyms by domain: marksman (european union, military & defensemilitary & defense), shooter (european union, military & defense).

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Crosswords: MARKSMEN

English words defined with "MARKSMEN": Tirailleur. (references)

Etymologies containing "MARKSMEN": marksman. (references)

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Modern Usage: MARKSMEN

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	The Marksmen (1997)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: MARKSMEN

Domain	Title
Books	Instructions to young marksmen, in all that relates to the general construction, practical manipulation, causes and liability to error in making accurate performances, and the theoretic principles upon which such accurate performances are founded, as exhi (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: MARKSMEN

"MARKSMEN" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "MARKSMEN" is used about 55 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 (plural)	100%	55	45,713

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MARKSMEN

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day
marksmen	14
marksmen swiss	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: MARKSMEN

Language		Translations for "MARKSMEN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		神射手 (marksman). (various references)

German		Scharfschützen (sharp shooters, sharpshooters). (various references)

Hungarian		mesterlövész (crack shot, dead shot, expert marksman, marksman, sharpshooter), lövész (fusilier, ground trooper, infantry rifleman, infantryman, machine gunner, marksman, rifleman, riflemen, rifle-shot, tirailleur), analfabéta (illiterate, marksman). (various references)

Italian		tiratori scelti. (various references)

Korean		사수 (marksman, shooter). (various references)

Pig Latin		arksmenmay

Russian		стрелок (dead shot, fusilier, rifleman, rifleshot, shooter, shot). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: MARKSMEN

Misspellings
	"MARKSMEN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Maarssen, marasmus, marcescent, Marcussen, markse, marshmen, morrismen. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "MARKSMEN"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "MARKSMEN" (pronounced mÄ"rksmen)
5	-k s m e n	spokesmen.
4	-s m e n	congressmen, policemen, servicemen, sportsmen, statesmen, underclassmen.
3	-m e n	aldermen, assemblymen, brakemen, bushmen, businesswomen, cameramen, chairmen, chairwomen, clergymen, congresswomen, councilmen, countrymen, crewmen, fishermen, freemen, freshmen, frogmen, gentlemen, herdsmen, infantrymen, jazzmen, lobstermen, merchantmen, midshipmen, militiamen, newsmen, newspapermen, policewomen, salesmen, spokeswomen, superwomen, tribesmen, workmen.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: MARKSMEN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-k-m-m-n-r-s"
	-2 letters: makers, masker, merman, namers, ramens, remans.
	-3 letters: amens, asker, earns, eskar, kames, kanes, karns, kerns, knars, maker, makes, manes, manse, mares, marks, marse, maser, means, mensa, merks, namer, names, nares, narks, nears, nemas, rakes, ramen, ranks, reams, reman, saker, samek, saner, skean, smarm, smear, smerk, snake, snare, snark, sneak.
	-4 letters: amen, anes, ares.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-k-m-m-n-r-s"
	+2 letters: markswomen.
	+3 letters: embarkments, moneymakers.
	+4 letters: merrymakings.
	+5 letters: katzenjammers.
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