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A person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
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gunman
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: gunslinger , hired gun , gun , gun for hire , triggerman , hit man , hitman , torpedo , shooter ] a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability) [syn: gun ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A (usually male) criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, from gun (n.) + man (n.). In early American English use, especially of Indian warriors.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES lone gunman ▪ a lone gunman COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE dead ▪ The names of the deputy and the dead gunman were not released. ▪ In Medellin, two employees of the El Espectador newspaper were shot dead by gunmen ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
" Gunman " is the debut single by English speed garage duo 187 Lockdown . The song was released twice, first in November 1997 where it reached #16 on the UK Singles Chart , then again the following year, peaking one place lower at #17. The song contains ...
Usage examples of gunman.
If Anthony Bailor was the person under guard in a hospital, then it was likely that he had been the gunman who had aimed at me, shot Mercer, and killed the young receptionist in Chelsea on Sunday.
Back at the fire, the gunmen were still waiting to mow de Bono down should he re-emerge.
Three men, Tony Calva, Cokey Raiss, and the white-faced gunman, were sitting at the table.
When a never-identified gunman, probably Communist or Guajiro, had murdered Justice Minister Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, all of Colombia rose against the syndicates.
Sooty roof to scaffold platform, Jilly folded in to the church with the expectation of finding the third gunman and kicking him in the head, the gut, the gonads, or any other kickable surface that might be presented to her.
Jilly folded in to the church with the expectation of finding the third gunman and kicking him in the head, the gut, the gonads, or any other kickable surface that might be presented to her.
Then there were gunshots coming from the other side of the terminal and from the overhanging mezzanine, and the Oriental gunmen were hit.
In conclusion, we believe that gunmen employed by Mickey Cohen perpetrated the Nite Owl Massacre, a kill-six-to-get-one ruse undertaken out of his hatred for Duke Cathcart.
As the time went by, Noone swiveled his head back and forth, apparently fearing that the gunman, if not in the car he had seen speeding away, might still be around.
When the gunman rounded the corner, Qazi shot him three times with the Walther before he hit the floor.
Bleys in person only at rare intervals in his own life, beginning with the time of the murder of his tutors and his own near capture by Bleys and his gunmen.
Arnold Rowland saw the gunman 15 minutes before the motorcade arrived at the plaza.
The standard Pistolero hit involved two men - a driver and a gunman - and a motorcycle.
The gunman, having shot Dawn Spenser, had evidently gone to search the place.
Barney and Old Jimmie took you away to begin your new career--the same night that I ran away from those gunmen who thought I was a squealer, and from Casey and Gavegan.