gunman

English

Etymology

gun +‎ -man

Noun

gunman (plural gunmen)

1. A (usually male) criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer.
   • 1921, Zane Grey, To The Last Man, ch. 5,

     "I've known a heap of gun fighters in my day. An' Jean Isbel don't ran true to class. Shore there never was a gunman who'd risk cripplin' his right hand by sluggin' anybody."

Translations

criminal armed with a gun

Chinese: Mandarin: 槍手 (zh), 枪手 (zh) (qiāngshǒu) Finnish: pyssymies (fi)

Japanese: ガンマン (ja) (ganman) Russian: (no exact term exists) вооружённый преступник (ru) (vooružónnyj prestúpnik) m.

Derived terms

• lone gunman

See also

• gunwoman