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# marksman

«marksman» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who is very good at hitting a target with a gun…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (marksman, marksmen)

### meaning for a pupil

A marksman is a person who is very good at hitting a target with a gun or bow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marksman/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

the best shot in a contest in a tale, often a prize winner

### examples

- Who was the best marksman in the canton? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marksman/#x1)
- Each marksman wore the number of his hits in a garland round his hat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marksman/#x2)
- The marksman hit the bull's-eye every time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marksman/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «marksman» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marksman/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.