gunslinger
noun
gun·sling·er
ˈgən-ˌsliŋ-ər 
: a person noted for speed and skill in handling and shooting a gun especially in the American West
Examples of gunslinger in a Sentence
a gunslinger in the Wild West
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The story’s eventual resolution hints at some of the obvious drawbacks of empowering individual gunslingers to make decisions with far-reaching consequences.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
Key artwork for Tombwater showing a Wild West gunslinger facing off against an Eldritch horror of a creature.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Heart is a first-tier guitar band, offering up a fretboard-firework attack on Sunday that, at times, included four gunslingers at once.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
Forty Guns unites those passions, pitting a former gunslinger named Griff (Barry Sullivan) against a local landowner who holds power by controlling a cadre of men, the 40 guns of the title.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025
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Alison Herman, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
Key artwork for Tombwater showing a Wild West gunslinger facing off against an Eldritch horror of a creature.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Heart is a first-tier guitar band, offering up a fretboard-firework attack on Sunday that, at times, included four gunslingers at once.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
Forty Guns unites those passions, pitting a former gunslinger named Griff (Barry Sullivan) against a local landowner who holds power by controlling a cadre of men, the 40 guns of the title.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025
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“Gunslinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunslinger. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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gunslinger
noun
gun·sling·er
-ˌsliŋ-ər
: a person known for speed and skill in handling and shooting a gun especially in the American West
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