gunman

English

Etymology

From gun +‎ -man.

Noun

gunman (plural gunmen)

1. A criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer.
   • 1921, Zane Grey, chapter 5, in To The Last Man:

     "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."

2. (sometimes derogatory) An American.

Derived terms

• lone gunman

Translations

criminal armed with a gun

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 槍手／枪手 (zh) (qiāngshǒu)

• Finnish: pyssymies (fi), asemies (fi)
• Hindi: बंदूकधारी (bandūkdhārī)
• Ingrian: pyssymees
• Japanese: ガンマン (ganman)
• Russian: (no exact term exists) вооружённый престу́пник m (vooružónnyj prestúpnik), стрело́к (ru) m (strelók)
• Spanish: pistolero (es) m, pistolera f
• Swedish: skytt (sv) c, pistolskytt (sv) c
• Thai: มือปืน (th) (mʉʉ-bpʉʉn)

See also

• gunwoman