Meanings
noungunsmith (plural gunsmiths)
plural gunsmiths
- A manufacturer of guns.
In New York, state lawmakers announced legislation on Monday that would require makers of ghost guns to have a gunsmith license and register the firearms.
2018 July 30, Tiffany Hsu, Alan Feuer, “A Rush to Block Downloadable Plans for 3-D Printed Guns”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020Synonyms: gunmaker, gunbuilder, gunwright
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA manufacturer of guns.
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Bulgarian оръжейник
- оръжейник (orăžejnik)person skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
Chinese Mandarin 火砲工坊 /火炮工坊
- 火砲工坊 /火炮工坊 (huǒpào gōngfāng)person skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
Finnish aseseppä
- aseseppäperson skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
French armurier
- armurierperson skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
German Waffenschmied, Waffenschmiedin
- Waffenschmiedperson skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
- Waffenschmiedinperson skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
- Büchsenmacherperson skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
- Büchsenmacherinperson skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
Greek οπλοποιός
- οπλοποιός (oplopoiós)person skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
Italian armaiolo
- armaioloperson skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
Japanese 鉄砲鍛冶, 銃工
- 鉄砲鍛冶 (teppō kaji)person skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
- 銃工 (jūkō)person skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
Polish rusznikarz, puszkarz
- rusznikarzperson skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
- puszkarzperson skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
Portuguese armeiro
- armeiroperson skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
Romanian armurier
- armurierperson skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
Russian оруже́йный ма́стер, пушка́рь
- оруже́йный ма́стер (oružéjnyj máster)person skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
- пушка́рь (puškárʹ)person skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
- оруже́йник (oružéjnik)person skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
Spanish armero, armera
- armeroperson skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
- armeraperson skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
Turkish tüfekçi
- tüfekçiperson skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms
Cite this entry
APA
gunsmith. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunsmith
MLA
“gunsmith.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunsmith. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gunsmith,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunsmith.
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