gunfighter

[ guhn-fahy-ter ]

/ ˈgʌnˌfaɪ tər /

a person highly skilled in the use of a gun and a veteran of many gunfights, especially one living during the frontier days of the American West.

Origin of gunfighter

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; gun¹ + fighter

gunboat diplomacy, guncotton, gunda, gundi, gunfight, gunfighter, gunfire, gunflint, gung ho, gung-ho, gunge

And drawing closer his right hand gripped his gun and the trembling passion of the gunfighter set him shuddering.

Gunman's Reckoning |Max Brand
Are you a son of that Duane who was a gunfighter some years back?

The Lone Star Ranger |Zane Grey
The gunfighter let two six-shooters slip from his waist when he entered, depositing them carefully on a chair.

The Sheriff of Badger |George B. Pattullo
He was bound to go that way sooner or later, but you're not going to ride a bucker, and you're not a gunfighter.

Ewing\'s Lady |Harry Leon Wilson

This man had a long record as a gunfighter to prove him a desperate man.

Brand Blotters |William MacLeod Raine