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progun

progun adjective: supportive of guns, especially widespread firearm training.

Adjective

progun (comparative more progun, superlative most progun)

  1. Supportive of guns, especially widespread firearm training.
    • Well, I've always been progun, you know that. It's... yeah, I think adding more guns into a situation is obviously the way to prevent shooting. I think in a way, if we take the guns away, the shootings may escalate. And I think that's why he's so firm on literally arming everyone. I think if you...2018 February 23, Richard Ayoade, The Last Leg, Season 14, Episode 5
  2. Supportive of gun rights, especially supportive of more expansive gun rights or strongly opposed to greater gun control.
    • Under the pro-gun leadership of Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves (R), the state Senate also approved several other NRA-supported bills this week.2014, NRA Institute for Legal Action, "Mississippi: Senate Committee Passes Comprehensive Pro-Gun Legislation"

Antonyms of progun

Forms of progun

comparativemore progun
superlativemost progun
alternative formpro-gun

Origin of progun

From pro- + gun.

Questions about progun

What does progun mean?
Progun means supportive of guns, especially widespread firearm training.
What part of speech is progun?
Progun is an adjective.

Words near progun in the dictionary

  1. proguanil
  2. progue
  3. progued
  4. progues
  5. proguing
  6. progun
  7. Progya
  8. progymnasium
  9. progymnasiums
  10. progymnasmata
  11. progymnastic

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