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marksman

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈmɑɹksmən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: M AA1 R K S M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A man or person skilled at hitting targets, as with a firearm, bow, or thrown object.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Goalscorer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone skilled in shooting

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sharpshooter, crack shot

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shot, shooter

Narrower terms: deadeye, franc-tireur, rifleman, sniper, Oakley, Annie Oakley

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English mark English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English marksman From mark + -s- + man.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: добър стрелец (dobǎr strelec) — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Chinese Mandarin: (男)射手 — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Chinese Mandarin: 神枪手 (shénqiāngshǒu) — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Czech: střelec — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Danish: finskytte — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Dutch: scherpschutter — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Finnish: tarkka-ampuja — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • French: tireur d'élite — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • German: Scharfschütze — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • German: Präzisionsschütze — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Greek: δεινός σκοπευτής (deinós skopeftís) — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Greek: επίλεκτος σκοπευτής (epílektos skopeftís) — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Hebrew: צַלָף (tsalaf) — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Hungarian: mesterlövész — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Indonesian: penembak jitu — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Irish: aimsitheoir — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Italian: tiratore scelto — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Italian: tiratrice scelta — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Macedonian: стрелец (strelec) — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Marathi: नेमबाज (nembāj) — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Eastern Mari: вик лӱйышӧ (vik lüjyšö) — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Norman: titheux — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Polish: strzelec — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Portuguese: atirador de precisão — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Romanian: trăgător — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Romanian: trăgaci — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Romanian: țintaș — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Romanian: ochitor — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Russian: сна́йпер (snájper) — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Russian: ме́ткий стрело́к (métkij strelók) — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Serbo-Croatian: strijelac — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Serbo-Croatian: strelac — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Spanish: tirador — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Swedish: skarpskytt — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Tatar: мәргән (märgän) — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Turkish: nişancı — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Ottoman Turkish: نشانجی (nişancı) — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Vietnamese: xạ thủ — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Vietnamese: nhà thiện xạ — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Volapük: lejütan — a man skilled in shooting at a target
  • Volapük: hilejütan — a man skilled in shooting at a target