shootist
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈʃuːtɪst/
- Archaic
:
tirador
- During the competition, the shootist demonstrated impressive accuracy with each shot.
Examples
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This time the Man with No Name (Clint Eastwood) is a bounty hunter whose desert Southwest killing ground is suddenly crowded by the presence of an older, black-clad shootist (Lee Van Cleef).
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And besides, John Wayne's resume also includes The Searchers, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Red River, The Shootist, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and Hondo.
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For his final film The Shootist, Wayne portrayed a man dying of cancer.
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Jimmy played the doctor in the Duke's last film, The Shootist.
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You'd have to be an unparalleled shootist.
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Great in "The Shootist" and "Big Jake," but especially so in the Paul Newman movie "Hombre":
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The skilled shootist quickly hit the target from a distance.
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As a renowned shootist, she was often invited to participate in various shooting tournaments.
Synonyms
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3.6
A person who fires a gun, sometimes paid to kill others
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5.2
A person who can hit targets very accurately with a gun or in sport
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5.9
A person who shoots very accurately with a gun
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6.5
A person who hits targets very accurately with a gun
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7.7
A woman who shoots well with a gun
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shootist comes from the simple word shoot, which originally meant 'to send' something like an arrow or a bullet, and the ending -ist which means 'someone who does'. So a shootist is someone who shoots and is often a skilled shooter with guns.