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gunmaker

American  
[guhn-mey-ker] / ˈgʌnˌmeɪ kər /

noun

  1. a person or company that makes guns.


Other Word Forms

  • gunmaking noun

Etymology

Origin of gunmaker

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at gun 1, maker

Example Sentences

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Now he’s filing a lawsuit against the gunmaker Daniel Defense, the video game company Activision, and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, on behalf of families in Uvalde.

From Slate • May 31, 2024

Owner RemArms, the successor to historic gunmaker Remington Arms, is moving operations to Georgia.

From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2023

The gunmaker Daniel Defense channels this man-gun connection even more, um, explicitly.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2023

Ads from gunmaker Savage Arms, for example, popped up on the site Baby Games, amid brightly colored games for children, and on an article about "How to Handle Teen Drama" on the Parent Influence website.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2022

Before leaving town, we visited our gunmaker, with the intention of ordering some cartridges.

From Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch by Vachell, Horace Annesley