gunfighter

[ guhn-fahy-ter ]

noun

a person highly skilled in the use of a gun and a veteran of many gunfights, especially one living during the frontier days of the American West.

Origin of gunfighter

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; gun¹ + fighter

And drawing closer his right hand gripped his gun and the trembling passion of the gunfighter set him shuddering.
Gunman's Reckoning | Max Brand
Your Ambassador seems to be making quite a reputation for himself as a gunfighter.
Lone Star Planet | Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
The Terran was hunched over in a crouch, like an old gunfighter, shooting from the hip.
The Sex Life of the Gods | Michael Knerr
He was bound to go that way sooner or later, but you're not going to ride a bucker, and you're not a gunfighter.
Ewing\'s Lady | Harry Leon Wilson
Are you a son of that Duane who was a gunfighter some years back?
The Lone Star Ranger | Zane Grey

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