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gunnist

gunnist noun: someone who uses a gun or guns; a gunner.

Noun

gunnist (plural gunnists)

  1. (rare) Someone who uses a gun or guns; a gunner.
    • In Oudh the gunnist was satisfied with the moderate bags of quail that came to him in the ordinary course. He did not resort to the employment of call-birds, as is the fashion of the Punjab, where these decoy-birds are put down overnight to attract all the wild quail within earshot.1894 September, [Edward] Braddon, “Thirty Years of Shikar.—Conclusion.”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLVI, number DCCCCXLVII, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood & Sons, […], →OCLC...

Forms of gunnist

pluralgunnists

Origin of gunnist

From gun + -ist.

Questions about gunnist

What does gunnist mean?
Gunnist means someone who uses a gun or guns; a gunner.
What part of speech is gunnist?
Gunnist is a noun.
What is the plural of gunnist?
The plural of gunnist is gunnists.

Words near gunnist in the dictionary

  1. Gunnison River
  2. Gunnison's prairie dog
  3. Gunnison's prairie dogs
  4. gunniss
  5. gunnisses
  6. gunnist
  7. gunnists
  8. Gunnoe
  9. Gunnoes
  10. Gunns
  11. Gunns Plains

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