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markswoman

[mahrks-woom-uhn] / ˈmɑrksˌwʊm ən /


NOUN
sniper
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The then-deputy L.A. police chief and future chief James Davis — who gloried in the nickname “Two-Gun Davis” — recommended markswoman Marion Semmelmeyer as the crack shot for a newsreel scene in 1933.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2023

He was evaluated by a physicist, shot by a markswoman and performed by actor Jeanne Moreau.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2017

As India awaits glory in Athens, its star athlete, markswoman Anjali Bhagwat, is peeved that she had to pay for a coach on her own.

From Time Magazine Archive

She is not so infallible a markswoman, but that she might shoot at a crow and kill a pigeon.

From Maid Marian by Thomas Love Peacock

And you are a markswoman among many, and thy price is above rubies!

From A Man and a Woman by Stanley Waterloo

He would see a row of lovely archers, backed by a second row of older and more experienced markswomen.

From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Lucia Gilbert Calhoun


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