shootist
shootist noun: a person who is an expert user of firearms, especially a sharpshooter or a gunslinger in the Old West.
Noun
shootist (plural shootists)
- A person who is an expert user of firearms, especially a sharpshooter or a gunslinger in the Old West.
- Not being a "shootist," I cannot lay the bird before you.1895, O. Widmann, “An Hour with Baird's and Leconte's Sparrows near St. Louis, Missouri”, in The Auk, volume 12, number 3, page 94
- Such terminations in -ist were very common at one time; my collection includes swimmist, sparrist, ballist, walkist, shootist, saloonist, and several others.1947, Charles J. Lovell, “The Background of Mark Twain's Vocabulary”, in American Speech, volume 22, number 2, page 94
Forms of shootist
| plural | shootists |
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Origin of shootist
From shoot + -ist.
Questions about shootist
- What does shootist mean?
- Shootist means a person who is an expert user of firearms, especially a sharpshooter or a gunslinger in the Old West.
- What part of speech is shootist?
- Shootist is a noun.
- What is the plural of shootist?
- The plural of shootist is shootists.
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