sharpshooter

One who is highly proficient at shooting.

The second military grade of proficiency in the use of rifles and other small arms.

One who holds this grade of proficiency.

One skilled in shooting with firearms, especially with the rifle; specifically, in military use, a skirmisher, or the occupant of a rifle-pit, posted to cut off outlying parties of the enemy, artillerists, or the like, or to prevent approach by the enemy to a ford or other object of importance.

A swift, clipper-built schooner.

Specifically: A soldier who makes 60 per cent, at target practice at ranges up to 1,000 yards.

Any one of several hemipterous insects which puncture the cotton-boll, sometimes causing it to rot. Homalodisca coagulata is one of the commonest forms. The Mexican cotton-boll weevil was often called a ‘sharp-shooter’ when it was new in Texas.

One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.

A person trained to shoot precisely with a certain type of rifle; a marksman