backshooter

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noun

A cowboy who kills someone by shooting them in the back

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Meanings

nounbackshooter (plural backshooters)

plural backshooters

  1. USA cowboy who kills someone by shooting them in the back
    1 more example

    It would be so easy for Jed to jerk his rifle from its sheath, lever a cartridge into the firing chamber and put a bullet right between Colter's shoulder blades. For a fleeting moment, Jed considered doing just that. But he knew he was not a backshooter and more than that, he wanted to see the truth of the murder in Colter's eyes and make him squirm before dying at the end of a rope...

    2007, Jory Sherman, Abilene Gun Down, page 29
  2. broadlyA treacherous person

Origin

From backshoot + -er.

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APA

backshooter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backshooter

MLA

“backshooter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backshooter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backshooter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backshooter.

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