gunwomen
Armed women fighters
Gunwomen is the plural of gunwoman—a female who carries or uses a gun, especially skillfully or professionally.
The term parallels gunman but sees far less use, partly because gunman often serves as the generic: Police are searching for a gunman covers suspects of any sex.
Gunwoman appears mainly when a writer wants to specify female identity or avoid the masculine default.
Highly accurate firearms experts
- markswomenWomen expert at shooting
- shootersPeople who fire guns
- snipersConcealed precision shooters
- bounty huntersThose paid to capture fugitives
gunslingers · police officers · soldiers · hunters · bodyguards · deputies · marshals
Those seeking same goal
- medalistsCompetition's top finishers
- target shootingPrecision firing sport
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- marksmanshipAccuracy in shooting
biathlon · skeet · trap shooting · rifles · pistols · championship · qualifying · national team
Female voting-rights activists
- revolutionariesThose seeking systemic overthrow
- resistance fightersArmed opponents of occupation
- partisansStaunch factional supporters
- guerrillasIrregular combatants, unconventional warfare
militia · wartime · colonial · frontier settlers · defenders · rebels · combatants · liberation movements
- Calamity JaneLegendary Western frontierswoman
- cowgirlsFemale cattle herders
- outlawsFugitives from justice
- Wild WestAmerica's lawless frontier era
vigilantes · femme fatales · protagonists · assassins · warriors · dime novels · cinema
sharpshooters
Highly accurate firearms experts
- markswomenWomen expert at shooting
- shootersPeople who fire guns
- snipersConcealed precision shooters
bounty hunters · gunslingers · police officers · soldiers · hunters · bodyguards · deputies · marshals
competitors
Those seeking same goal
- medalistsCompetition's top finishers
- target shootingPrecision firing sport
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
marksmanship · biathlon · skeet · trap shooting · rifles · pistols · championship · qualifying · national team · world record
suffragettes
Female voting-rights activists
- revolutionariesThose seeking systemic overthrow
- resistance fightersArmed opponents of occupation
- partisansStaunch factional supporters
guerrillas · militia · wartime · colonial · frontier settlers · defenders · rebels · combatants · liberation movements · independence
Annie Oakley
- Calamity JaneLegendary Western frontierswoman
- cowgirlsFemale cattle herders
- outlawsFugitives from justice
Wild West · vigilantes · femme fatales · protagonists · assassins · warriors · dime novels · cinema
gunwomenarchers
People who shoot bows
swordswomen · spearwomen · lancers · fencers · martial artists
gunwomencivilians
Non-military population
noncombatants · bystanders · pacifists · peacekeepers · conscientious objectors