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sharpshooter
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sharp·shoot·er

noun \ˈshärp-ˌshü-tər\

Definition of SHARPSHOOTER

1
: a proficient marksman
2
: a consistently accurate shooter (as in basketball)
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Examples of SHARPSHOOTER

  1. <the police stationed sharpshooters on rooftops all along the route of the presidential motorcade>

First Known Use of SHARPSHOOTER

1802

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Synonyms
marksman, shooter, shot

Rhymes with SHARPSHOOTER

accoutre, commuter, computer, confuter, crapshooter, diluter, disputer, freebooter, hip shooter, jump shooter, peashooter, polluter, recruiter, refuter, saluter, six-shooter, square shooter, straight shooter, trapshooter, two-suiter, uprooter, zoot-suiter

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