gunhandler

One who uses a gun.

Noun

  1. One who uses a gun.
    • Despite these words of caution regarding the famous dictum in Weaver v. Ward, the language still leaves us with the impression that a showing of complete blamelessness could serve to exonerate the hapless gunhandler who...
    • William M. Breakenridge was one of the thousand or more professional gunhandlers on the frontier. - 1992, William M. Breakenridge, Richard Maxwell Brown, Helldorado: Bringing the Law to the Mesquite, page xii:
    • Actor Glenn Ford loved Western movies and became an excellent horseman and gunhandler. - 2013 August 28, Scott Dyke, “Meandering the Mesquite: GLENN FORD — The Forgotten Movie Star”, in Green Valley News:

Origin

From gun + handler.

Forms

gunhandlers