sniper
/ˈsnʌɪpə
/noun
A person who shoots from a hiding place, especially accurately and at long range: he was killed by a sniper’s bullet in the Great War...
- He must cope alone when a mysterious sniper begins shooting the big cats in his family's private preserve.
- It's the exciting true story of a Marine sniper in the Vietnam War.
- When all was ready, the long-range snipers, including me and my men, began firing.
