Usually means: Expert in using firearms skillfully.
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  1. shootist: Merriam-Webster
  2. shootist: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shootist: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Shootist, shootist: Wordnik
  5. shootist: Wiktionary
  6. shootist: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. shootist: Dictionary.com
  8. The Shootist: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. THE SHOOTIST: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shootist)

▸ noun:  (chiefly US, archaic) A person who is an expert user of firearms, especially a sharpshooter or a gunslinger in the Old West.

Similar:
sharpshooter, shooter, shootress, shot, gunhandler, shotgunner, firer, gunfighter, school shooter, peashooter, more...

Opposite:
target, non-shooter, pacifist, bystander

Types:
gunfighter, pistoleer, revolverero, sharpshooter, cowboy, more...

Phrases:
The Shootist, more...

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Similar:
sharpshooter, shooter, shootress, shot, gunhandler, shotgunner, firer, gunfighter, school shooter, peashooter, more...

Opposite:
target, non-shooter, pacifist, bystander

Types:
gunfighter, pistoleer, revolverero, sharpshooter, cowboy, more...

Phrases:
The Shootist, more...



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