Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A man armed with a gun, especially an armed criminal or a professional killer.
- n. A man skilled in the use of a gun.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A man employed in the manufacture of firearms.
Wiktionary
- n. A (usually male) criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
- n. a professional killer who uses a gun
Etymologies
- gun + -man (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I guess tht a gunman is the only way they can think of to stop Obama.”
“He is what you call a gunman, isn't he?" asked the girl, interested.”
“If a gunman is on the loose, and people try to shoot back, missed shots can pose their own danger to bystanders.”
The Huffington Post: UT Shooter Colton Tooley Described As Intelligent, Unemotional
“But not everyone believes the gunman is racially motivated.”
The Guardian: Sweden: Malmö's immigrants adjust to life in gunman's sights
“Of course you have to careful but the [gunman] is coming up behind people, so what can you do?”
The Guardian: Sweden: Malmö's immigrants adjust to life in gunman's sights
“The report came as Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving gunman from the attacks, was appealing his death sentence in the Mumbai High Court.”
“A gunman is rampaging through the tiny hamlet, indiscriminately shooting people.”
“Eduardo Sencion has been identified as the gunman in the IHOP restaurant shooting in Carson City, Nevada Photograph: Reuters”
The Guardian: Man shoots dead three and wounds six in Nevada restaurant
“It helps considerably that the ill gunman is played by Damages 'Emmy winner Zeljko Ivanek, as an inexplicably sick man whose obsessive need for a diagnosis keys into House's own neurosis.”
“A female terrorist using a gun goes by the name of gunman.”
Simon & Schuster: The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gunman’.
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Bad Options
words for those who commit particular crimes: i.e., bank robber, arsonist, etc.
liar, cheat, traitor, arsonist, felon, braggard, thief, profiteer, impostor, phony, fraud, culprit and 212 more...
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SEDE - people and ranks
Popeye, observers, newbie, inspector, in-chief, gunman, copilot, medic, guard, G.I., actor, Talib and 105 more...
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Perponyms
List of words referent to persons who commit specific crimes, or are suspected of committing those crimes, beginning with arsonist and safecracker.
Check out reesetee's nice Bad Guys l...arsonist, safecracker, murderer, rapist, getaway man, jewel thief, accomplice, drug dealer, carjacker, gunrunner, industrial spy, human trafficker and 216 more...
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bad guys
black hat, thug, thugz, highwayman, brigand, pirate, corsair, raider, viking, visigoth, vandal, gangster and 46 more...
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Unneutered
These politically incorrect words for people contain the element 'man', 'son', or 'boy'.
parson, person, layman, businessman, clergyman, chairman, cameraman, craftsman, craftsmanship, fireman, fisherman, gunman and 50 more...
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Man
Everything that contains a man in it
taxman, salesman, common man, spaceman, neolithic man, straw man, seaman, fireman, spiderman, overman, old man, con man and 373 more...
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