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.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of pistolero
1935–40; < Spanish, equivalent to pistol ( a ) pistol + -ero < Latin -ārius -ary
Example Sentences
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El Asado, a black trailer decorated with a skeletal pistolero, is open weekends at the Commerce swap meet.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 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
He becomes a fisherman, a night clerk in a hotel, a hired pistolero, and finally returns home to take over Naolinco as its all-powerful cacique, or village chief.
From Time Magazine Archive
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