1. a person skilled in the quick drawing and accurate shooting of guns, especially in the American Old West
Usage: historical

Examples

• The legendary gunslinger could draw his pistol faster than anyone in town.
• Western movies often feature a lone gunslinger riding into a dusty frontier town.
• Billy the Kid was one of the most famous gunslingers of the Old West.
• The sheriff challenged the notorious gunslinger to a duel at high noon.
• In the saloon, stories were told of the gunslinger who never missed his target.
• The gunslinger’s reputation preceded him wherever he traveled.