gunman

From gun +‎ -man.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌnmən/

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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."

   • 2012 March 22, “Mohamed Merah: Who was Toulouse gunman?”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     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.

2. (sometimes derogatory) An American.

• lone gunman

• gunwoman