shootist
[ shoo-tist ]
noun
a marksman with a pistol or rifle.
a gunfighter, as in the Old West.
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How to use shootist in a sentence
No shootist ever brought down more birds at a shot, than he left men in that street rich in the morning, and ruined at night.
Phemie Frost's Experiences | Ann S. StephensThe Ancient Mariner's time is in the dead season, when he can stop the shootist en route.
Dr. Carver, the great shootist, was paid 15,000 francs a month at the Folies Bergres.
Acrobats and Mountebanks | Hugues Le Roux
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