gunfighter

[ guhn-fahy-ter ]

noun

1. a person highly skilled in the use of a gun gin gun and a veteran of many gunfights, especially one living during the frontier days of the American West.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gunfighter¹

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; gun ¹ + fighter

Example Sentences

And drawing closer his right hand gripped his gun and the trembling passion of the gunfighter set him shuddering.

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Your Ambassador seems to be making quite a reputation for himself as a gunfighter.

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The Terran was hunched over in a crouch, like an old gunfighter, shooting from the hip.

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He was bound to go that way sooner or later, but you're not going to ride a bucker, and you're not a gunfighter.

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Are you a son of that Duane who was a gunfighter some years back?

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