gunslinger
noun
gun·sling·er
ˈgən-ˌsliŋ-ər 
: a person noted for speed and skill in handling and shooting a gun especially in the American West
Examples of gunslinger in a Sentence
a gunslinger in the Wild West
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Dart was solid from a production standpoint and has good arm talent, but his decision-making and gunslinger mentality could hold him back.
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Kilmer also played legendary rock singer Jim Morrison for director Oliver Stone in 1991’s The Doors, and famed gunslinger Doc Holliday opposite Kurt Russell’s Wyatt Earp in 1993’s Tombstone.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Unforgiven recasts the genre as a pitiless, almost pathologically unromantic realm populated by twits hoping to make their name and aged gunslingers who have to make peace with their bad pasts.
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The nephew of former NFL gunslingers Eli and Peyton Manning recently signed a significant deal with energy drink giant Red Bull.
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Kilmer also played legendary rock singer Jim Morrison for director Oliver Stone in 1991’s The Doors, and famed gunslinger Doc Holliday opposite Kurt Russell’s Wyatt Earp in 1993’s Tombstone.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Unforgiven recasts the genre as a pitiless, almost pathologically unromantic realm populated by twits hoping to make their name and aged gunslingers who have to make peace with their bad pasts.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
The nephew of former NFL gunslingers Eli and Peyton Manning recently signed a significant deal with energy drink giant Red Bull.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Gunslinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunslinger. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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gunslinger
noun
gun·sling·er
-ˌsliŋ-ər
: a person known for speed and skill in handling and shooting a gun especially in the American West
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