pistoleers
Cavalry with firearms
Pistoleers are people armed with pistols, especially soldiers or fighters who specialize in handgun combat.
The term evokes historical cavalry units or Old West gunslingers rather than modern shooters: The pistoleers rode into town at dawn.
It appears occasionally in fantasy and historical fiction for characters skilled with sidearms.
Fast-drawing frontier fighters
- outlawsFugitives from justice
- desperadosReckless criminal fugitives
- banditsArmed robbers, often roving
- sharpshootersHighly accurate firearms experts
quickdraw · holsters · revolvers · six-shooters · frontier · saloon · bounty hunters · duel
gunslingers
Fast-drawing frontier fighters
- outlawsFugitives from justice
- desperadosReckless criminal fugitives
- banditsArmed robbers, often roving
sharpshooters · quickdraw · holsters · revolvers · six-shooters · frontier · saloon · bounty hunters · duel · showdown
musketeers
Soldiers armed with firearms
dueling · flintlock · matchlock · holster · brace · powder · shot · swordsmen · mounted · mercenaries
swashbucklers
Flamboyant adventurous swordsmen
- adventurersThose seeking exciting experiences
- DumasFrench adventure novelist
- romanceLove and its excitement
cloaks · rapiers · swords · dashing · gallant · honor · duels · intrigue · bravado · cavalier