US /ˈɡʌnmən/ UK /ˈɡʌnmən/
noun Freq #12446

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer.

    I will take three or four of Perkins' gunmen tonight.

Thesaurus

Word family
Forms gunmen
Related forms gunwoman

Etymology

From gun + -man.

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