gunster

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noun

A gunman.

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Meanings

noungunster (plural gunsters)

plural gunsters

  1. A gunman.

    A gent that fancies firearms to the point of academics — he's a gunster.

    1957, The Monthly Record, volume 61, numbers 3-63, page 10
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    Santo Perrone is a gunster in Detroit connected with the Detroit Stone Works and he held a contract there.

    1957, United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field, Hearings (volume 6, page 9054)

    You came in and started giving orders — then we find you mixed up in a gun-fight! […] How do we know those guys you described are gunsters?

    2005, Robert Wallace, The Phantom Detective: Tycoon of Crime, page 38

Origin

From gun + -ster.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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