marksman

Other forms of marksman

plural

marksmans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about marksman

What does marksman mean?

marksman means "someone skilled in shooting".

How many syllables are in marksman?

marksman has 2 syllables: mark-sman. The stress falls on "mark". In IPA it is /ˈmɑɹksmən/.

What is another word for marksman?

Close synonyms include sharpshooter, crack shot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is marksman a common word?

marksman is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.