marksman

English

Etymology

From mark +‎ -s- +‎ man.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹksmən/

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• Hyphenation: marks‧man

Noun

marksman (plural marksmen)

1. A man or person skilled at hitting targets, as with a firearm, bow, or thrown object.
2. (soccer) Goalscorer.
   • 2011 January 22, Phil McNulty, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Man City”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     In what was a characteristic Bent display, he made only an occasional impact - but proved once again in front of England coach Fabio Capello that he is one of the most reliable marksmen in the domestic game.

Synonyms

• (skilled shooter): sharpshooter

Derived terms

• markswoman
• marksmanship

Translations

a man skilled in shooting at a target

• Bulgarian: добър стрелец m (dobǎr strelec)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (男)射手 ((nán) shèshǒu)

• Czech: střelec (cs) m
• Danish: finskytte n
• Dutch: scherpschutter (nl) m
• Finnish: tarkka-ampuja (fi)
• French: tireur d’élite (fr) m
• German: Scharfschütze (de) m, Präzisionsschütze m
• Greek: δεινός σκοπευτής m (deinós skopeftís), επίλεκτος σκοπευτής m (epílektos skopeftís)
• Hebrew: צַלָף (he) (tsalaf)
• Hungarian: mesterlövész (hu)
• Indonesian: penembak jitu (id)
• Irish: aimsitheoir m
• Italian: tiratore scelto m, tiratrice scelta f
• Macedonian: стрелец m (strelec)
• Marathi: नेमबाज m (nembāj)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: вик лӱйышӧ (vik lüjyšö)

• Norman: titheux m
• Ottoman Turkish: نشانجی (nişancı)
• Polish: strzelec (pl) m
• Portuguese: atirador de precisão m
• Romanian: trăgător (ro) m, trăgaci (ro) m, țintaș (ro) m, ochitor (ro) m
• Russian: сна́йпер (ru) m (snájper), ме́ткий стрело́к m (métkij strelók)
• Spanish: tirador (es)
• Swedish: skarpskytt (sv) c
• Tatar: мәргән (tt) (märgän)
• Turkish: nişancı (tr)
• Vietnamese: xạ thủ (vi), nhà thiện xạ
• Volapük: lejütan m or f, hilejütan m

Anagrams

• Markmans, man-marks