Definition of "rifleman"

rifleman

noun
plural riflemen
1. A soldier trained to use a rifle as their primary weapon.
  Quotations
  Anil Gurung joined the Army in 2006 as a rifleman with the 2nd Royal Gurkha Regiment.
  2020 May 6, Paul Stephen, “Britain's bravest thinks big”, in Rail, page 62
2. A person especially skilled in the use of a rifle.
3. A small wrenlike insectivorous passerine bird endemic to New Zealand, Acanthisitta chloris, the titipounamu.