- gunman
- noun Date: 1624 1. a man armed with a gun; especially a professional killer 2. a man noted for speed or skill in handling a gun
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Gunman — may refer to: *A word sometimes used for a criminal armed with a gun * Gunman , a 1983 Thai film * Gunman , a 2000 single by aggrotech band Funker Vogt * Gunman Chronicles , a 2000 computer game * Gunmen , a 1994 film with Christopher Lambert *… … Wikipedia
Gunman — Chronicles ist ein Ego Shooter für den PC, welcher auf der Half Life Engine (GoldSrc) basiert. Ursprünglich als ein von einem Fan Team, Rewolf Inc., programmierter kostenloser Singleplayer Mod gedacht, wurde dieses Team dann von Sierra übernommen … Deutsch Wikipedia
gunman — index criminal, hoodlum Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
gunman — 1620s, from GUN (Cf. gun) + MAN (Cf. man). In early Amer.Eng. use, especially of Indian warriors … Etymology dictionary
gunman — *assassin, cutthroat, bravo … New Dictionary of Synonyms
gunman — ► NOUN ▪ a man who uses a gun to commit a crime or terrorist act … English terms dictionary
gunman — [gun′mən] n. pl. gunmen [gun′mən ] ☆ 1. a man armed with a gun, esp. an armed gangster or hired killer 2. a man skilled in the use of a gun … English World dictionary
gunman */ — UK [ˈɡʌnmən] / US noun [countable] Word forms gunman : singular gunman plural gunmen UK [ˈɡʌnmən] / US mainly journalism someone who uses a gun when fighting or committing a crime Rebel gunmen took up positions on rooftops as tanks entered the… … English dictionary
gunman — noun A (usually male) criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer. Ive known a heap of gun fighters in my day. An Jean Isbel dont ran true to class. Shore there never was a gunman whod risk cripplin his right hand by sluggin… … Wiktionary
Gunman — Gun|man 〈[ gʌ̣nmæn] m.; s, men [ mən]〉 bewaffneter Verbrecher, Killer; →a. Cleaner [<engl. gun „Pistole, Feuerwaffe“ + man „Mann“] * * * Gun|man [ gʌnmən], der; s, Gunmen [ mən; engl. gunman, aus: gun = Schusswaffe, Revolver u. man = Mann]:… … Universal-Lexikon
Gunman — Gun|man [ gʌnmən] der; s, ...men [...mən] <aus gleichbed. engl. amerik. gunman, eigtl. »Pistolenmann«> bewaffneter Gangster, Killer … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
