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gunfighter

[guhn-fahy-ter]

noun

a person highly skilled in the use of a gun and a veteran of many gunfights, especially one living during the frontier days of the American West.

Origin:
1890–95, Americanism; gun¹ + fighter

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gunfight (ˈɡʌnˌfaɪt)

—n
	chiefly (US) a fight between persons using firearms

'gunfighter

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'gunfighting

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