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Definition of Riflemen
1. rifleman [n] - See also: rifleman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Riflemen
Literary usage of Riflemen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1860)
"riflemen ! riflemen ! riflemen, form ! Be not deaf to the sound that warns! ...
riflemen, form ! Let your Reforms for a moment go, Look to your butts and ..."
2. The Leading Facts of New Mexican History by Ralph Emerson Twitchell (1917)
"... very disastrous floods in the Rio Grande, the channel be- riflemen, ...
sixty miles from Cantonment Burgwin, detachment of "E" Mounted riflemen; ..."
3. The Military Laws of the United States: Relating to the Army, Volunteers by United States, John F. Callan (1868)
"That there shall he raised one regiment of mounted riflemen, to he composed and
organized as follows, to wit: one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, ..."
4. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1875)
"riflemen, Form ! It was a rifle that fired "the shot heard round the world. ...
Volunteer riflemen made the republic possible — must keep it actual. ..."
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