shootist
Skilled pistol wielder
A shootist is a skilled gunfighter or marksman, especially in the American Old West.
The term carries a professional connotation—someone whose expertise with firearms defines their identity or livelihood.
It appears mainly in Western fiction and historical accounts: The aging shootist had one last score to settle.
The word is old-fashioned, largely displaced by gunslinger or gunfighter.
Compact one-handed firearm
- revolverPistol with rotating chamber
- holsterSidearm carrying case
- gunbeltWaist strap for firearms
- quickdrawRapid weapon retrieval
showdown · gunfight · duel · cowboy · outlaw · desperado · frontier · saloon
Long-barreled shoulder weapon
- aimPurpose or direction
- targetObject of pursuit
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- sniperConcealed precision shooter
bullseye · scope · accuracy · trajectory · sight · range · windage · zeroing
Soldier wielding handguns
- challengerOne competing against incumbent
- secondsTime units, or extras
- pacesRates of progress
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
affair · satisfaction · gentleman · dawn · field of honor · aggrieved · principal · offended
pistol
Compact one-handed firearm
quickdraw · showdown · gunfight · duel · cowboy · outlaw · desperado · frontier · saloon · highwayman
rifle
Long-barreled shoulder weapon
sniper · bullseye · scope · accuracy · trajectory · sight · range · windage · zeroing · bipod
pistoleer
Soldier wielding handguns
- challengerOne competing against incumbent
- secondsTime units, or extras
- pacesRates of progress
honor · affair · satisfaction · gentleman · dawn · field of honor · aggrieved · principal · offended · rapier
- gunslingersgunslinger, gunfighter, gunman, quickdraw, fast draw
- Outlawsoutlaw, bandit, desperado, highwayman, robber
shootistpacifist
Anti-violence believer
pacificist · peacemaker · conscientious objector · dove · Quaker
shootistamateur
Nonprofessional participant
greenhorn · tenderfoot · incompetent · neophyte · bumbler
- shooting starBurning debris in atmosphere
- shooting downEliminating or rejecting forcefully
- shooting rangeVenue for target practice
- shooting painSudden piercing bodily distress
- shooting upRising or injecting rapidly
- shooting the messengerPunishing bearer of unwelcome news