Meaning

2 senses
  1. A person armed with a gun, especially a gunned evildoer.

    вооружённый престу́пникvooružónnyj prestúpnik, стрело́кstrelók

    a male person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)

  2. (derogatory, sometimes)An American.

Examples

18 sentences
  1. The police continue to search for the gunman.

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  2. One gunman was arrested.

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  3. The gunman is heading our way.

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  4. Yanni admitted to being the gunman.

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  5. The crazy gunman threatened to kill me.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
criminal armed with a gun:

Origin

From gun + -man.

From gun + -man.

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Forms

plural: gunmen
Singulargunman
Pluralgunmen

irregular · Lesson

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedgunwoman

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gunman — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto