Soldier vs. Rifleman — What's the Difference?

A soldier is one who fights as part of a military. A soldier can be a conscripted or volunteer enlisted person, a non-commissioned officer, or an officer.

A rifleman is an infantry soldier armed with a rifled long gun. Although the rifleman role had its origin with 16th century hand cannoneers and 17th century musketeers, the term originated in the 18th century with the introduction of the rifled musket.

One who serves in an army.

A soldier equipped with a rifle.

An enlisted person or a noncommissioned officer.

One who shoots a rifle skillfully.

An active, loyal, or militant follower of an organization.

A soldier trained to use a rifle as their primary weapon.

A nonreproductive ant or termite that has a large head and powerful jaws.

A person especially skilled in the use of a rifle.

One of a group of honeybees that swarm in defense of a hive.

A small wrenlike insectivorous passerine bird endemic to New Zealand, Acanthisitta chloris, the titipounamu.

To be or serve as a soldier.

A soldier armed with a rifle.

To make a show of working in order to escape punishment.

Someone skilled in the use of a rifle

A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.

A soldier whose weapon is a rifle

An enlisted member of a military service, as distinguished from a commissioned officer.

A guardsman.

A member of the Salvation Army.

A low-ranking gangster or member of a gang, especially the mafia, who engages in physical conflict.

A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-boiled egg.

A term of approbation for a young boy.

Someone who fights or toils well.

The red or cuckoo gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus).

One of the asexual polymorphic forms of termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.

A red herring cured kipper with flesh turned red.

(intransitive) To continue steadfast; to keep striving.

(intransitive) To serve as a soldier.

(intransitive) To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.

To take a ride on (another person's horse) without permission.

One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants.

Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer.

A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; - used by way of emphasis or distinction.

The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.

One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See Termite.

To serve as a soldier.

To make a pretense of doing something, or of performing any task.

An enlisted man or woman who serves in an army;

A wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony

Serve as a soldier in the military