Meanings
plural gunslingers
- historicalA person in the Old West who carried a gun and was an expert at quickly drawing it and firing.
Along with Dolores, there’s Teddy (James Marsden), a heroic-seeming gunslinger looking for adventure.
2016 October 2, David Sims, “Westworld Is a Grand Saga of Gunslingers and Robots”, in The Atlantic - broadlyA person who behaves with the reckless bravado expected of someone who would duel with guns.
The perception of the hedge fund world is that of gunslingers and traders who manage billions of dollars by the seat of their pants.
2005, Daniel A. Strachman, Getting Started in Hedge Funds, page 31 more example
HIP YOUNG GUNSLINGERS WANTED (BASS, DRUMS, GUITAR) FOR NEW BAND. MUST BE INTO REM, PRIMAL SCREAM, FANCLUB ETC. CONTACT BARRY IN THE SHOP.
1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 142
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna professional killer who uses a gun
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan pistoler
- pistolerperson expert at the quick draw
Czech pistolník
- pistolníkperson expert at the quick draw
Danish revolvermand
- revolvermandperson expert at the quick draw
Finnish pyssymies
- pyssymiesperson expert at the quick draw
French as de la gâchette
- as de la gâchetteperson expert at the quick draw
German Revolverheld
- Revolverheldperson expert at the quick draw
Hungarian fegyverforgató
- fegyverforgatóperson expert at the quick draw
Italian pistolero
- pistoleroperson expert at the quick draw
Polish rewolwerowiec, rewolwerowiec
- rewolwerowiecperson expert at the quick draw
- rewolwerowiecperson behaves with the bravado of a gunslinger
Romanian pistolar
- pistolarperson expert at the quick draw
Russian гансли́нгер, стрело́к
- гансли́нгер (ganslínger)person expert at the quick draw
- стрело́к (strelók)person expert at the quick draw
Spanish pistolero
- pistoleroperson expert at the quick draw
Swedish revolverman
- revolvermanperson expert at the quick draw
Yiddish שיסער
- שיסערperson expert at the quick draw
Cite this entry
gunslinger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunslinger
“gunslinger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunslinger. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gunslinger,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunslinger.
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