Meaning of backshooter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A cowboy who kills someone by shooting them in the back
   US
2. A treacherous person
   broadly

Examples

“It would be so easy for Jed to jerk his rifle from its sheath, lever a cartridge into the firing chamber and put a bullet right between Colter's shoulder blades. For a fleeting moment, Jed considered doing just that. But he knew he was not a backshooter and more than that, he wanted to see the truth of the murder in Colter's eyes and make him squirm before dying at the end of a rope...”

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