gunsmith

[ guhn-smith ]

/ ˈgʌnˌsmɪθ /

a person who makes or repairs firearms.

Origin of gunsmith

First recorded in 1580–90; gun¹ + smith

gun·smith·ing, noun

But you remember that he did tell you it was done by a gunsmith in Cedar Hill?

Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
He replied, from Mr. Popham—that was the gunsmith's name—who had brought it with him in case I should not have enough.

The Ivory Child |H. Rider Haggard
The one who seemed to know the house, and whom the man in the blouse had called "the gunsmith," tried the mechanism.

Toilers of the Sea |Victor Hugo
Shields the gunsmith ingeniously 276 hammered links of Drouillard's trap into awls to exchange for bread.

The Conquest |Eva Emery Dye

Then he became a gunsmith, making arms for the patriots of Seventy-six, until what time the British destroyed his shop.

Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century |Various

gunsmith

/ (ˈɡʌnˌsmɪθ) /

a person who manufactures or repairs firearms, esp portable guns

gunsmithing, noun