"gunslinger" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gunslingers [plural]
Etymology: From 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), гансли́нгер (ganslínger) [masculine] (Russian), стрело́к (strelók) [masculine] (Russian), 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 95 5 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 Related terms: gunslinging

Inflected forms

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