One who shoots with a sporting gun or fowling piece; one who goes shooting game. (Sometimes used contemptuously in contradistinction to sportsman.)
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooter > [noun] (39) gunner1753 One who shoots with a sporting gun or fowling piece; one who goes shooting game. (Sometimes used contemptuously in contradistinction to sportsman.) gun1818 transferred. One who carries a gun, one of a shooting party. shootist1864 One who shoots game, or who competes in a shooting-match; one skilled in shooting. Chiefly jocular or disparaging. gunnist1894 A gunner. rifle1933 A marksman (esp. a hunter) armed with a rifle. Cf. gun, n. 5a. Subcategories:— shooter of flying birds (2) — shore-shooter (5) — punt-shooter (6) — partridge-shooter (3) — shooter of other birds (2) — outlying pigeon-shooter (1) — other types of shooter (12) — assistant (3) |
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