Definitions for rifleman

rifleman ri·fle·man

Spelling: [rahy-fuh l-muh n]
IPA: /ˈraɪ fəl mən/

Rifleman is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 414 anagrams from letters in rifleman (aefilmnr).

Definitions for rifleman

noun

  1. a soldier armed with a rifle.
  2. a person skilled in the use of a rifle.

Origin of rifleman

An Americanism dating back to 1765-75; rifle1 + -man

Examples for rifleman

That little, white member, as the rifleman grasped it, was like the poles of a battery.

The rifleman kept running, seeming not to hear him in his panic.

"That is the governor's fortification," replied the rifleman.

Grierson was made a prisoner, but was killed by a Georgia rifleman.

"Don't let me hear that agin," said the rifleman, rising to his feet.

If rifleman is rather a tragic character, his ally Alexander “Babay” Mozhayev is more comic.

He was assigned as a rifleman to Fox Company, Second Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment.

"We will not reach home to-night," said the rifleman, speaking to Edith.

All had culminated, of course, in another passion for a rifleman called Lynch.

Before wading it, the rifleman paused on its banks as if in deep thought.

Word Value for rifleman
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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