markswoman

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The then-deputy L.A. police chief and future chief James Davis — who gloried in the nickname “Two-Gun Davis” — recommended markswoman Marion Semmelmeyer as the crack shot for a newsreel scene in 1933.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2023

He was evaluated by a physicist, shot by a markswoman and performed by actor Jeanne Moreau.

From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2017

As India awaits glory in Athens, its star athlete, markswoman Anjali Bhagwat, is peeved that she had to pay for a coach on her own.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chrysanthème is certainly an adroit markswoman, and we admire her as much as she expected.

From Madame Chrysantheme by Loti, Pierre

Elizabeth was too clever to try to lay aside her sex, though she was a skilful markswoman, an able horse-woman.

From Great Ralegh by Selincourt, Hugh de