noun
- people who are skilled at drawing and shooting guns quickly, especially in the American Old West
Usage: historical; informal
Examples
- The movie featured famous gunslingers from the Wild West.
- Legendary gunslingers like Wild Bill Hickok became folk heroes.
- The town was known for attracting notorious gunslingers.
- In Western films, gunslingers often faced off at high noon.
- The museum displayed artifacts belonging to famous gunslingers.
- Stories of gunslingers spread throughout the frontier towns.