Meanings
noungunperson (plural gunpersons or gunpeople)
plural gunpersons · plural gunpeople
- gender neutralnonstandardA gunman or gunwoman.
But seeing him with Lillian, and then finding out that she was the gunperson who'd tried to kill Gordie Junior at Palm Gardens...
2007, Suzanne Brockmann, Force of Nature, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, published 2008, →ISBN, page 1091 more example
[Reporter:] If we could clarify, do authorities believe the first two victims found were killed by the same gunperson? Do you know the gunperson's relationship to the school at all?
2026 February 10, CTV News, “RCMP provide an update on high school mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.”, in YouTube (video)
Origin
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APA
gunperson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunperson
MLA
“gunperson.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunperson. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gunperson,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunperson.
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