pistolero
Americannoun
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a member of an armed band of roving mounted bandits.
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a gunman or hired killer.
Etymology
Origin of pistolero
1935–40; < Spanish, equivalent to pistol ( a ) pistol + -ero < Latin -ārius -ary
Example Sentences
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Un rudo pistolero retirado tiene problemas con su hijo adoptivo, cuando este se enamora de la misma mujer que él ama.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2020
Un hombre descubre un pueblo aterrorizado por la desaparición de cadáveres y reta a duelo a un pistolero sobrenatural.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2019
A crack shot with a six-shooter, he breaks the fourth wall by jocularly talking to the audience and praising his own pistolero skills.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2018
To prove Shanny wrong, Griffin will work fanatically now to learn to be a defense-reading pocket-passing NFL quarterback who also uses speed, not a college spread-offense pistolero.
From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2013
Scott Kempner plays a hard guitar, writes most of the Del-Lords' material and takes his lead vocals on songs the way a pistolero goes for his gun.
From Time Magazine Archive
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