Definition of gunslinger
: a person noted for speed and skill in handling and shooting a gun especially in the American West
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Examples of gunslinger in a Sentence
a gunslinger in the Wild West
Recent Examples of gunslinger from the Web
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Despite the gunslingers and cowpokes, this lively history evokes the headiest days of the housing bubble of the early 2000s or the tulip mania that hypnotized Holland in the 1600s.
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Mahomes’ gunslinger tendencies have also elicited both veiled and direct comparisons to Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre.
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His break came in 1960 when he was cast to play Britt, the knife-throwing gunslinger, alongside Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen in The Magnificent Seven, the epic Western based on Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai.
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First Known Use of gunslinger
1920
GUNSLINGER Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of gunslinger for English Language Learners
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: someone (such as a character in a story, movie, or television show) who is known for being able to handle and shoot a gun extremely well
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