"gunman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gunmen [plural]
Etymology: gun + -man Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gun|man}} gun + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|gunmen}} gunman (plural gunmen)
  1. A criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer. Categories (topical): Crime, Male people, People Derived forms: lone gunman Related terms: gunwoman Translations (criminal armed with a gun): 槍手 (Chinese Mandarin), 枪手 (qiāngshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), pyssymies (Finnish), asemies (Finnish), बंदूकधारी (bandūkdhārī) (Hindi), pyssymees (Ingrian), ガンマン (ganman) (Japanese), вооружённый престу́пник (vooružónnyj prestúpnik) (english: no exact term exists) [masculine] (Russian), pistolero [masculine] (Spanish), pistolera [feminine] (Spanish), skytt [common-gender] (Swedish), pistolskytt [common-gender] (Swedish), มือปืน (mʉʉ-bpʉʉn) (Thai)

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