gunfighter

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noun

A person who engages in gunfights; a gunslinger.

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Meanings

noungunfighter (plural gunfighters)

plural gunfighters

  1. A person who engages in gunfights; a gunslinger.

    Not more than a dozen persons showed up for his funeral. Among them was an earnest young reporter who hoped for a human-interest story; there were legends that the old man had been something of a gunfighter in the early days.

    1949, Dorothy M. Johnson, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 90

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
hired gun

Origin

From gun + fighter.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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