noun
Meaning 1
A person armed with a gun, especially a gunned evildoer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gunman
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɡʌnmən/
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noun
Meaning 2
An American.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, sometimes
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a professional killer who uses a gun
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: murderer, liquidator, manslayer
noun
Meaning 4
a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gun
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shot, shooter
History
Etymology
From gun + -man.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: pistoler — criminal armed with a gun
- Chinese Mandarin: 槍手 /枪手 (qiāngshǒu) — criminal armed with a gun
- Esperanto: revolverulo — criminal armed with a gun
- Finnish: pyssymies — criminal armed with a gun
- Finnish: asemies — criminal armed with a gun
- French: bandit — criminal armed with a gun
- French: tireur — criminal armed with a gun
- Hindi: बंदूक़धारी (bandūqdhārī) — criminal armed with a gun
- Ingrian: pyssymees — criminal armed with a gun
- Italian: pistolero — criminal armed with a gun
- Italian: tiratore — criminal armed with a gun
- Japanese: ガンマン (ganman) — criminal armed with a gun
- Macedonian: пиштолџија (pištoldžija) — criminal armed with a gun
- Portuguese: pistoleiro — criminal armed with a gun
- Portuguese: atirador — criminal armed with a gun
- Russian: вооружённый престу́пник (vooružónnyj prestúpnik) — criminal armed with a gun
- Russian: стрело́к (strelók) — criminal armed with a gun
- Spanish: pistolero — criminal armed with a gun
- Spanish: pistolera — criminal armed with a gun
- Spanish: tirador — criminal armed with a gun
- Swedish: skytt — criminal armed with a gun
- Swedish: pistolskytt — criminal armed with a gun
- Thai: มือปืน (mʉʉ-bpʉʉn) — criminal armed with a gun
Real reading context