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marksmen

[mahrks-muhn] Origin

marks·man

[mahrks-muhn]
noun, plural -men.
1.
a person who is skilled in shooting at a mark; a person who shoots well.
2.
Military.
a.
the lowest rating in rifle marksmanship, below that of sharpshooter and expert.
b.
a person who has achieved such a rating.

Origin:
1645–55; mark1 + 's1 + -man

marks·man·ship, noun


See -man.

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marksman
1650s, from mark (1) in M.E. sense of "target" + man. Related: Marksmanship.
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  1. n.
    a serious college student who works hard to get good marks (grades). : Bill kept saying that Todd was a geek and a marksman, until Todd flunked algebra.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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