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gunman
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gunman has 2 senses
- gunman(n = noun.person) gun, gun for hire, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman - a professional killer who uses a gun; Array is a kind of liquidator, manslayer, murderer
- gunman(n = noun.person) gun - a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability); Array is a kind of shooter, shot
THESAURUS
gunman
Cain, Nimrod, adventurer, apache, archer, artilleryman, assassin, assassinator, bloodletter, bloodshedder, bowman, bravo, bucko, bully, bullyboy, burker, butcher, button man, cannibal, cannoneer, carabineer, condottiere, crack shot, cutthroat, dead shot, deadeye, desperado, devil, eradicator, executioner, exterminator, free lance, garroter, good shot, gorilla, gun, gunner, gunsel, gunslinger, hatchet man, head-hunter, hell-raiser, hellcat, hired gun, hired killer, hireling, hit man, homicidal maniac, homicide, hunter, killer, mad dog, man-eater, man-killer, manslayer, marksman, markswoman, massacrer, matador, mercenary, murderer, musketeer, pesticide, poison, poisoner, professional killer, rifleman, rough, rowdy, ruffian, sharpshooter, shooter, shot, slaughterer, slayer, sniper, soldier of fortune, strangler, targetshooter, thug, torpedo, toxophilite, trapshooter, trigger man
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