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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The alleged gunman’s digital footprint failed to unveil a coherent right-wing or left-wing ideology.
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Aarushi Bhandari, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
While Davis’ late nephew, Orlando Anderson, is widely believed to be the gunman responsible for 2Pac‘s murder, Davis has admitted in several interviews, as well as his own memoir, to being present in the vehicle with Anderson at the time of the shooting.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 7 Jan. 2025
On Monday, gunmen shot at a civilian bus and cars passing the Palestinian village of Al-Funduq in the northern West Bank, killing at least three Israelis — a police investigator and two women from a nearby settlement — in what the Israeli authorities described as a terrorist attack.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
The victims had close links to the gunman, police said.
—Stevo Vasiljevic, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
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Aarushi Bhandari, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
While Davis’ late nephew, Orlando Anderson, is widely believed to be the gunman responsible for 2Pac‘s murder, Davis has admitted in several interviews, as well as his own memoir, to being present in the vehicle with Anderson at the time of the shooting.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 7 Jan. 2025
On Monday, gunmen shot at a civilian bus and cars passing the Palestinian village of Al-Funduq in the northern West Bank, killing at least three Israelis — a police investigator and two women from a nearby settlement — in what the Israeli authorities described as a terrorist attack.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
The victims had close links to the gunman, police said.
—Stevo Vasiljevic, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Gunman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunman. Accessed 21 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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