Meanings
noungunmanship (uncountable)
- uncountableThe art or skill of using a gun.
Evidence for this speculation is found in Mr. Woo’s fondness for two-fisted gunmanship, which Mr. Hunter credits him with introducing into movies, and also in a scene from “The Killer” that Mr. Hunter finds “strikingly similar to what must have happened Monday.”
2007 April 23, A. O. Scott, “Drawing a Line From Movie to Murder”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2022
Origin
From gun + -manship or gunman + -ship.
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APA
gunmanship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunmanship
MLA
“gunmanship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunmanship. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gunmanship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunmanship.
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