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gunman

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌnmən/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English gun English -man English gunman From gun + -man.

  1. 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.

  2. An American.