1
: a man armed with a gun
especially
: a professional killer
2
: a man noted for speed or skill in handling a gun
Examples of gunman in a Sentence
They were shot by an unknown gunman.
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In response, a gunman sprayed Stanfa's car with automatic weapons during an ambush on the expressway, and although he wasn't hurt, his son Joseph was wounded in the head, per UPI.
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Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
One person is dead and multiple others are injured after a gunman opened fire at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania during the college's homecoming weekend, according to officials.
—Alexandra Koch , Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Videos on social media show Hamas gunmen executing rivals in the streets.
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Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
One person is dead and multiple others are injured after a gunman opened fire at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania during the college's homecoming weekend, according to officials.
—Alexandra Koch , Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Videos on social media show Hamas gunmen executing rivals in the streets.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Last month, a lone gunman allegedly shot and killed right-wing speaker Charlie Kirk at an event at a Utah college.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Gunman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunman. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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gunman
noun
gun·man
-mən 
: a person armed with a gun
especially
: an armed criminal
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