"shootist" meaning in All languages combined

See shootist on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: shootists [plural]
Etymology: From shoot + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shoot|ist}} shoot + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} shootist (plural shootists)
  1. (chiefly US, archaic) A person who is an expert user of firearms, especially a sharpshooter or a gunslinger in the Old West. Tags: US, archaic

Inflected forms

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