WordNet
gun for hire
n. a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter]
Usage examples of "gun for hire".
Another tough man, another gun for hire, an occasional outlaw who had never been caught at it.
Through the market quarter, where men and women from all planets sold weapons, spices, machinery, textiles, cosmetics, ore, and their services, which ranged from dubious sexual practices to what Trevor himself offered -- a gun for hire.