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 couple, who were on vacation visiting family, were traveling in a black 2016 Ford Platinum pickup truck when gunmen opened fire near an intersection.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
The alleged 26-year-old gunman, Luigi Mangione, is currently being held in a Brooklyn detention center.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article The gunman who opened fire inside Pennsylvania’s UPMC Memorial Hospital — killing a police officer and wounding five others — faced the death of a loved one who’d been receiving treatment in the ICU in the days before the shooting.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
Police identified the gunman as 49-year-old Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
The alleged 26-year-old gunman, Luigi Mangione, is currently being held in a Brooklyn detention center.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article The gunman who opened fire inside Pennsylvania’s UPMC Memorial Hospital — killing a police officer and wounding five others — faced the death of a loved one who’d been receiving treatment in the ICU in the days before the shooting.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
Police identified the gunman as 49-year-old Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Gunman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunman. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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gunman
noun
gun·man
-mən 
: a person armed with a gun
especially
: an armed criminal
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