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backshooters

backshooters is the plural of backshooter.

Meaning of backshooter

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

Questions about backshooters

What is backshooters the plural of?
Backshooters is the plural of backshooter.

Words near backshooters in the dictionary

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

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