Usually means: Expert marksman skilled in concealment.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. sniper: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sniper: Merriam-Webster
  3. sniper: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sniper: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sniper: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sniper: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sniper, sniper: Wordnik
  8. sniper: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sniper: Wiktionary
  10. sniper: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sniper: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sniper: Dictionary.com
  13. sniper: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Sniper (American band), Sniper (TV series), Sniper (Team Fortress 2), Sniper (comics), Sniper (disambiguation), Sniper (film series), Sniper (group), Sniper (song), Sniper, The Sniper (M*A*S*H), The Sniper (novel), The Sniper (poem), The Sniper (story), The Sniper: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. sniper: Rhymezone
  16. sniper: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  17. sniper: FreeDictionary.org
  18. sniper: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. sniper: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sniper (auction bid), sniper: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. SNIPER: Acronym Finder

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sniper, sniper, sniper, sniper: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Sniper: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See snipe as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.
noun:  (by extension) A sniper rifle.
noun:  Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.
noun:  One who shoots from a concealed position.
noun:  One who criticizes; a person who frequently snipes at others.
noun:  A hunter of snipe (the bird).
noun:  (ice hockey slang) A player who specializes in scoring goals.
noun:  A person or automated process set up by a person who or which attempts to win an online auction by placing a bid only seconds before the auction ends, leaving no time for other bidders to respond

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