gunslinger
Americannoun
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Informal. gunfighter.
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Slang. a person who acts in an aggressive and decisive manner, especially in business or politics, as an investor who takes large risks in seeking large, quick gains.
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Julie is intended as a fairly good-natured, warmly attractive and decidedly incongruous gunslinger.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025
But like a retired gunslinger in a western movie, circumstances will not let him rest.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025
Set in 1872, Forsaken, focuses on embittered gunslinger John Henry Clayton's return to his hometown and his attempts to build bridges with his estranged father.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2024
But sometimes that confidence — that ol’ gunslinger bravado — gets him in trouble.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2023
With his long raincoat with the popped-up collar and the .45 in his wide leather belt, he looked like an old-timey gunslinger.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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