Home › Words › S › shootressshootressshootress means A female shooter; a markswoman; an archeress.EtymologyFrom shooter + -ess.nounA female shooter; a markswoman; an archeress.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.archeress 71% match — A female archer. vs shootress →bowswoman 71% match — A female archer. vs shootress →bowwoman 70% match — A female archer. vs shootress →bowhuntress 68% match — A female bowhunter. vs shootress →shootist 63% match — A person who is an expert user of firearms, especially a sharpshooter or a gunslinger in the Old West. vs shootress →sharpshooter 63% match — A person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman. vs shootress →archer 61% match — One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow. vs shootress →crossbowwoman 61% match — A woman equipped with a crossbow. vs shootress →