"gunslinger" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: gunslingers [plural]
Etymology: gun + slinger Etymology templates: {{compound|en|gun|slinger}} gun + slinger Head templates: {{en-noun}} gunslinger (plural gunslingers)
  1. (historical) A person in the Old West who carried a gun and was an expert at quickly drawing it and firing. Tags: historical Categories (topical): People Translations (person expert at the quick draw): pistoler [masculine] (Catalan), pistolník [masculine] (Czech), revolvermand [common-gender] (Danish), pyssymies (Finnish), as de la gâchette [masculine] (French), Revolverheld [masculine] (German), fegyverforgató (Hungarian), pistolero [masculine] (Italian), pistolar [masculine] (Romanian), pistolero [masculine] (Spanish), revolverman [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gunslinger-en-noun-dSXaDUHY Disambiguation of People: 77 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'person expert at the quick draw': 59 41
  2. (by extension) A person who behaves with the reckless bravado expected of someone who would duel with guns. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-gunslinger-en-noun-F9pbVuBv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gunslinger effect

Inflected forms

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