Dictionary

gunman en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡʌnmən/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From gun + -man.

Meanings

1. A person armed with a gun, especially a gunned evildoer.
   • "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." 1921, Zane Grey, chapter 5, in To The Last Man:
   • 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. 2012 March 22, “Mohamed Merah: Who was Toulouse gunman?”, in BBC:
2. (derogatory, sometimes) An American.

Forms

Deriveds

lone gunman

Relateds

gunwoman

Translations (23)

es pistolero (criminal armed with a gun) · sv skytt (criminal armed with a gun) · ja ガンマン (criminal armed with a gun) · ru вооружённый престу́пник (criminal armed with a gun) · th มือปืน (criminal armed with a gun) · es pistolera (criminal armed with a gun) · fr bandit (criminal armed with a gun) · fr tireur (criminal armed with a gun) · eo revolverulo (criminal armed with a gun) · es tirador (criminal armed with a gun) · sv pistolskytt (criminal armed with a gun) · pt pistoleiro (criminal armed with a gun) · ru стрело́к (criminal armed with a gun) · it pistolero (criminal armed with a gun) · pt atirador (criminal armed with a gun) · fi pyssymies (criminal armed with a gun) · cmn 槍手 /枪手 (criminal armed with a gun) · izh pyssymees (criminal armed with a gun) · hi बंदूक़धारी (criminal armed with a gun) · mk пиштолџија (criminal armed with a gun) · ca pistoler (criminal armed with a gun) · it tiratore (criminal armed with a gun) · fi asemies (criminal armed with a gun)