gunhandler

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noun

One who uses a gun.

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Meanings

noungunhandler (plural gunhandlers)

plural gunhandlers

  1. One who uses a gun.

    The woman shook dangerously, an obvious virgin gunhandler.

    2014, Jeremiah Sanchez, Eden's Scarecrow: Real Eyes
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    Despite these words of caution regarding the famous dictum in Weaver v. Ward, the language still leaves us with the impression that a showing of complete blamelessness could serve to exonerate the hapless gunhandler who inadvertently injured another.

    1970, The Origin and Development of the Negligence Action, page 14

    William M. Breakenridge was one of the thousand or more professional gunhandlers on the frontier.

    1992, William M. Breakenridge, Richard Maxwell Brown, Helldorado: Bringing the Law to the Mesquite, page xii

    Actor Glenn Ford loved Western movies and became an excellent horseman and gunhandler.

    2013 August 28, Scott Dyke, “Meandering the Mesquite: GLENN FORD — The Forgotten Movie Star”, in Green Valley News

Origin

From gun + handler.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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