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
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
He was back onstage at the end of the Stills-Young set, joining as one more electric guitar gunslinger on “Rockin’ in the Free World.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2024
Imagine: a sprawling, expensive adaptation of a beloved videogame franchise that features an unlikely duo — a nihilistic old gunslinger with a tortured past and a tough young woman whose mission overlaps with his.
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2024
She stood there stupidly, staring at them, her arms hanging loose at her sides, like a gunslinger in a Western showdown.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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