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sharpshooter Definition

sharp·shooter (-s̸ho̵̅o̅t′ər)

noun

a person who shoots with great accuracy; good marksman

sharpshooter Related Forms
sharp·shoot′·ing noun
sharpshooter Synonyms

sharpshooter

n.

shooter, gunman, marksman; see gunner, rifleman.

sharpshooter Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • stock: CDFA will meet with the nursery and grape industries to discuss measures to reduce the movement of glassy-winged sharpshooter on nursery stock.

Adjective modifier

  • glassy-winged: With the arrival of the glassy-winged sharpshooter from the south east of the USA, the disease has become rampant.
  • French: He had been been shot by a French sharpshooter from the mizen topmast of the Redoutable.