gunman
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- 9
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 6
/ˈɡʌnmən/
Definition of gunman
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A person armed with a gun, especially a gunned evildoer.
“"I've known a heap of gun fighters in my day. An' Jean Isbel don't ran true to class. Shore there never was a gunman who'd risk cripplin' his right hand by sluggin' anybody."”
“Mohamed Merah, the man believed to be the gunman on a scooter who killed seven people in south-western France, was killed in an armed siege after police surrounded his block of flats in Toulouse.”
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noun
-
A person armed with a gun, especially a gunned evildoer.
“"I've known a heap of gun fighters in my day. An' Jean Isbel don't ran true to class. Shore there never was a gunman who'd risk cripplin' his right hand by sluggin' anybody."”
“Mohamed Merah, the man believed to be the gunman on a scooter who killed seven people in south-western France, was killed in an armed siege after police surrounded his block of flats in Toulouse.”
- (derogatory, sometimes)An American.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From gun + -man.
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