noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/ˈmɑɹksmən/
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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
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Goalscorer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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