as in shooter
a person skilled in shooting at a target
only the best marksmen can hit the bull's-eye at 500 feet
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Use the marksman's kit to repair the bow and bring its condition back up to 100%.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Collins’ running mate is none other than Dell Curry, former perimeter marksman for the Hornets and current father of the greatest shooter in league history.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Yes, Drogba was incredible but these boys were licensed marksman!
—Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
The drinking game that ended in Vollmer’s morbidly slapstick death dates back to a figure of Swiss folklore known as William Tell, a sly marksman who per legend shot an apple off the head of a Habsburg duke’s son.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Dec. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Collins’ running mate is none other than Dell Curry, former perimeter marksman for the Hornets and current father of the greatest shooter in league history.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Yes, Drogba was incredible but these boys were licensed marksman!
—Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
The drinking game that ended in Vollmer’s morbidly slapstick death dates back to a figure of Swiss folklore known as William Tell, a sly marksman who per legend shot an apple off the head of a Habsburg duke’s son.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Marksman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marksman. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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