gunfighter

American  

[guhn-fahy-ter] / ˈgʌnˌfaɪ tər /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of gunfighter

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; gun ¹ + fighter

Example Sentences

Sometimes it’s Marty Robbins’ “Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs,” which is a good one.

From Los Angeles Times

Finbar is the longtime gunfighter who works by a strict moral code, looking to finally hang up his spurs and domesticate himself.

From Los Angeles Times

His father, a Russian émigré, was best known for his starring role in both the stage and screen versions of the musical “The King and I,” and later played lead Hollywood roles as a gunfighter, a Russian general and, in “The Ten Commandments,” Pharaoh Rameses II. A-list glamour encircled the son: Liza Minnelli was a lifelong friend from childhood; Elizabeth Taylor came to all his parties.

From New York Times

In the 1939 Hollywood western, Jimmy Stewart plays the son of a legendary gunfighter who dislikes firearms and tries to avoid carrying one, even though he’s a skilled marksman.

From Los Angeles Times

Among the 3,500 entries from more than 300 entrants were funny but too frequent ones like Seventh Letter x Dean’s List = G Whiz, or Absolute Ruler x Overrule = Veto Corleone, or Gunfighter x Miss Everything = Dead Gunfighter.

From Washington Post