Gunman

Definitions

1. A criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer.
2. An American.
   derogatory, sometimes

Equivalents

Examples

“"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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