Gunman

Noun

 * 1) A (usually male) criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer.
 * 2) *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."

Thesaurus
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

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 槍手, 枪手
 * Finnish: pyssymies


 * Japanese: ガンマン
 * Russian: вооружённый преступник

Derived terms

 * lone gunman