Synonyms for gunman
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : guhn-muh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgʌn mən |
Définition of gunman
Origin :- 1620s, from gun (n.) + man (n.). In early American English use, especially of Indian warriors.
- noun shooter of gun
- The second gunman banged at the shadow where Madden was hid.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- You are known from one end of the country to the other as a gunman.
- Extract from : « Nan of Music Mountain » by Frank H. Spearman
- But the gray eyes, hard as those of a gunman, showed no trace of intoxication.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- A gunman he was, from Texas, and—well, they carried the gambler out.
- Extract from : « The Trail to Yesterday » by Charles Alden Seltzer
- This Bandy Walker was a gunman and a rough-and-tumble fighter.
- Extract from : « The Fighting Edge » by William MacLeod Raine
- When they couldn't make me out a thief, they made me out a gunman.
- Extract from : « Laramie Holds the Range » by Frank H. Spearman
- Why, a villain might get a gunman to shoot somebody, but not to put up all that elaboration.
- Extract from : « The Luminous Face » by Carolyn Wells
- I guess I can answer for your third gunman, Scotty, the Marshal said tersely.
- Extract from : « Mason of Bar X Ranch » by Henry Bennett
- The gunman let go of the gun and Malone, spurning it, let it drop.
- Extract from : « Occasion for Disaster » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- McGee, however, glared at both Mawson and the gunman, though none of them said a word.
- Extract from : « The Social Gangster » by Arthur B. Reeve
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