1
: a man armed with a gun
especially
: a professional killer
2
: a man noted for speed or skill in handling a gun
Examples of gunman in a Sentence
They were shot by an unknown gunman.
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Tice, a freelance reporter who would be 43 years old now, was snatched by gunmen at a checkpoint near Damascus in August 2012 and has not been heard from since.
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Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
The gunman fired one shot, hitting Sadler four inches below his right armpit.
—Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Their charges stem from the May 24, 2022, mass shooting during which a gunman killed two teachers and 19 students at the elementary school.
—Jenny Wagnon Courts, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Arredondo has claimed that he has simply been picked as the scapegoat among hundreds of officers from various agencies who were on the scene in Uvalde but waited more than 70 minutes before storming a classroom and killing 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
The gunman fired one shot, hitting Sadler four inches below his right armpit.
—Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Their charges stem from the May 24, 2022, mass shooting during which a gunman killed two teachers and 19 students at the elementary school.
—Jenny Wagnon Courts, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Arredondo has claimed that he has simply been picked as the scapegoat among hundreds of officers from various agencies who were on the scene in Uvalde but waited more than 70 minutes before storming a classroom and killing 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Gunman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunman. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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gunman
noun
gun·man
-mən 
: a person armed with a gun
especially
: an armed criminal
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