A person who is highly skilled at shooting guns, especially at distant or moving targets with accuracy; someone with excellent aim.
Compound word from 'sharp' (accurate, keen) plus 'shooter.' The term became widely used in the 19th century, famously associated with figures like Annie Oakley in Wild West shows.
Annie Oakley's fame as a sharpshooter was so enormous that she became an international celebrity in the 1880s-90s, proving that skilled women performers could draw crowds as easily as men—yet she's often forgotten from Wild West history.
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