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fusilier vs rifleman

Both 'fusilier' and 'rifleman' are correct terms used to refer to soldiers who are armed with rifles. They are not interchangeable, as 'fusilier' specifically refers to a soldier in certain historical infantry regiments, while 'rifleman' is a more general term for any soldier armed with a rifle.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 1058 views

fusilier

The term 'fusilier' is correct and refers to a soldier in certain historical infantry regiments.

It is used to specifically denote soldiers in certain regiments historically armed with fusils or rifles.

Examples:

The fusiliers marched in formation.
He joined the fusiliers to serve his country.

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And what is the motivation of this fusilier?
A Greenwich Fusilier like Banks and a correspondent for King Country.
5th Royal Fusiliers. D Company.
They'll remember the 4th Fusiliers... and Mons.
Ladies and gentlemen - the Royal Ordnance Fusiliers.
Major Sylvester Pennington Sloane of Her Majesty's 42nd Highland Fusiliers, retired.
Greenwich Fusiliers and that this one here is a Major Banks.
Cut off my leg, and you'd see Royal Ordnance Fusiliers written right through me.
Cut off my leg, and you'd see Royal Ordnance Fusiliers written right through me.
But Mallud, we could have the fusiliers there by Wednesday.
And no one survived From the Royal Fusiliers Company C
Based on the first hand accounts of the Royal Fusiliers
And you're with the Royal Ordnance Fusiliers too?
The Fusiliers have been fighting for 4 hours.
You served with the Royal Ordnance Fusiliers too, Mr. Barton, out of Otterford?
You served with the Royal Ordnance Fusiliers too, Mr. Barton, out of Otterford?

Alternatives:

infantry soldier
rifle regiment soldier
musketeer
sharpshooter
marksman

rifleman

The term 'rifleman' is correct and refers to a soldier armed with a rifle.

It is a more general term used to describe any soldier who is equipped with a rifle.

Examples:

The riflemen took up positions along the ridge.
He trained as a rifleman in the army.

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And if there was a second rifleman... then by definition there had to be a conspiracy... which we believe involves the accused, Clay Shaw.
...the magic bullet couldn't create all seven wounds... ...you must conclude there was a fourth shot and a second rifleman.
Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck, private rifleman in the 2nd regiment, 2nd battalion, 4th company.
Lao Jin was already hailed as the best rider and rifleman across the grasslands
Why's a book writer a rifleman?
B-team, one rifleman and one spotter with access to the building moves into a low floor of the Dal-Tex building.
Rifleman Gruber reporting for duty, sir.
l've been in this business a long time... and if we get "Modern Rifleman" up to 750,000... I'll strip down to my shorts and jump in the ocean.
Permission to die in my rifleman's jacket, sir?
"... should be carried in the left arm as a rifleman would..."
They don't know about Rifleman's arm.
I mean, his eating habits haven't changed, and he still watches reruns of The Rifleman, but...
If you'd have had Rifleman hold on to the ball, then we would've won.
If you were in my platoon, l'd say you were a rifleman first, radioman second.
And once you conclude the magic bullet couldn't create all seven wounds you must conclude there was a fourth shot and a second rifleman.

Alternatives:

soldier with a rifle
marksman
sharpshooter
infantryman
gunman

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