Definition of "riflemen" [riflemen]

• Plural form of rifleman. (noun)

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• "That was what the French called the riflemen, grasshoppers."
• "The incident illustrated on the first page is where the riflemen are advancing their skirmishers through the undergrowth towards the Confederate gum, while other Federal regiments are making a flanking movement by a detour on each side to clear the pine woods."
• "But, for some unaccountable reason, he recalled the riflemen before they fired."