Dictionary

gunslinger en · NOUN

Etymology

From gun + slinger.

Meanings

1. (historical) A person in the Old West who carried a gun and was an expert at quickly drawing it and firing.
   • Along with Dolores, there’s Teddy (James Marsden), a heroic-seeming gunslinger looking for adventure. 2016 October 2, David Sims, “Westworld Is a Grand Saga of Gunslingers and Robots”, in The Atlantic:
2. (broadly) A person who behaves with the reckless bravado expected of someone who would duel with guns.
   • The perception of the hedge fund world is that of gunslingers and traders who manage billions of dollars by the seat of their pants. 2005, Daniel A. Strachman, Getting Started in Hedge Funds, page 3:
   • HIP YOUNG GUNSLINGERS WANTED (BASS, DRUMS, GUITAR) FOR NEW BAND. MUST BE INTO REM, PRIMAL SCREAM, FANCLUB ETC. CONTACT BARRY IN THE SHOP. 1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 142:

Forms

Deriveds

gunslinger effect · gunsling

Relateds

gunslinging

Translations (17)

mk пиштолџија (person expert at the quick draw) · cs pistolník (person expert at the quick draw) · hu fegyverforgató (person expert at the quick draw) · fi pyssymies (person expert at the quick draw) · ru гансли́нгер (person expert at the quick draw) · da revolvermand (person expert at the quick draw) · de Revolverheld (person expert at the quick draw) · yi שיסער (person expert at the quick draw) · pl rewolwerowiec (person behaves with the bravado of a gunslinger) · ro pistolar (person expert at the quick draw) · it pistolero (person expert at the quick draw) · pl rewolwerowiec (person expert at the quick draw) · fr as de la gâchette (person expert at the quick draw) · ca pistoler (person expert at the quick draw) · ru стрело́к (person expert at the quick draw) · sv revolverman (person expert at the quick draw) · es pistolero (person expert at the quick draw)