Gunman

Origin

gun + -man

Full definition of gunman

Noun

1. A (usually male) criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer.
• 1921, Zane Grey, To The Last Man, ch. 5,"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."

Derived terms

• lone gunman