Gunman

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gunman
       n 1: a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: {gunslinger}, {hired
            gun}, {gun}, {gun for hire}, {triggerman}, {hit man}, {hitman},
             {torpedo}, {shooter}]
       2: a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability) [syn: {gun}]



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "gunman":
     Cain, Nimrod, adventurer, apache, archer, artilleryman, assassin,
     assassinator, bloodletter, bloodshedder, bowman, bravo, bucko,
     bully, bullyboy, burker, butcher, button man, cannibal, cannoneer,
     carabineer, condottiere, crack shot, cutthroat, dead shot, deadeye,
     desperado, devil, eradicator, executioner, exterminator,
     free lance, garroter, good shot, gorilla, gun, gunner, gunsel,
     gunslinger, hatchet man, head-hunter, hell-raiser, hellcat,
     hired gun, hired killer, hireling, hit man, homicidal maniac,
     homicide, hunter, killer, mad dog, man-eater, man-killer,
     manslayer, marksman, markswoman, massacrer, matador, mercenary,
     murderer, musketeer, pesticide, poison, poisoner,
     professional killer, rifleman, rough, rowdy, ruffian, sharpshooter,
     shooter, shot, slaughterer, slayer, sniper, soldier of fortune,
     strangler, targetshooter, thug, torpedo, toxophilite, trapshooter,
     trigger man