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backshooter

backshooter noun: a cowboy who kills someone by shooting them in the back.

Noun

backshooter (plural backshooters)

  1. (US) A cowboy who kills someone by shooting them in the back
    • It would be so easy for Jed to jerk his rifle from its sheath, lever a cartridge into the firing chamber and put a bullet right between Colter's shoulder blades. For a fleeting moment, Jed considered doing just that. But he knew he was not a backshooter and more than that, he wanted to see the...2007, Jory Sherman, Abilene Gun Down, page 29
  2. (broadly) A treacherous person

Forms of backshooter

pluralbackshooters

Origin of backshooter

From backshoot + -er.

Questions about backshooter

What does backshooter mean?
Backshooter means a cowboy who kills someone by shooting them in the back.
What part of speech is backshooter?
Backshooter is a noun.
What is the plural of backshooter?
The plural of backshooter is backshooters.

Words near backshooter in the dictionary

  1. backshish
  2. backshished
  3. backshishes
  4. backshishing
  5. backshoot
  6. backshooter
  7. backshooters
  8. backshooting
  9. backshoots
  10. backshop
  11. backshops

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