Meaning

2 senses
  1. (historical)A person in the Old West who carried a gun and was an expert at quickly drawing it and firing.

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    гансли́нгерganslínger, стрело́кstrelók

    a professional killer who uses a gun

  2. (broadly)A person who behaves with the reckless bravado expected of someone who would duel with guns.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Tom looks great with his gunslinger beard and mustache.

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  2. The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
person expert at the quick draw:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person expert at the quick draw:

Origin

From gun + slinger.

From gun + slinger.

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Forms

plural: gunslingers
Singulargunslinger
Pluralgunslingers

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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