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markmanship

markmanship is the dated form of marksmanship.

Meaning of marksmanship

Noun

marksmanship (countable and uncountable, plural marksmanships)

  1. The ability to shoot accurately at a target.
    • One evening when it was barely even dusk a sentry let fly at me from a distance of twenty yards; but he missed me by a yard—goodness knows how many times the Spanish standard of marksmanship has saved my life.1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter III, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC

Origin of markmanship

markman + -ship

Questions about markmanship

What is markmanship the dated form of?
Markmanship is the dated form of marksmanship.

Words near markmanship in the dictionary

  1. Markleys
  2. markman
  3. Markman hearing
  4. Markman hearings
  5. Markmans
  6. markmanship
  7. markmen
  8. markmoot
  9. markmoots
  10. Marko
  11. Markoff

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