Definitions for riflemen

riflemen ri·fle·man

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

Riflemen 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 211 anagrams from letters in riflemen (eefilmnr).

Definitions for riflemen

noun

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

Origin of riflemen

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

Examples for riflemen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Word Value for riflemen
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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