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单词 pistolero
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pistoleron.

Brit. /ˌpɪstəˈlɛːrəʊ/, U.S. /ˌpɪstəˈlɛroʊ/
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish pistolero.
Etymology: < Spanish pistolero (1927) < pistola pistol n. + -ero -eer suffix1. Compare pistoleer n.
In Spain or Spanish-speaking areas: a gunman; a gangster.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > pistol
pistolier?1563
pistoleter1570
pistoletier1587
pistoler1590
pistoleera1679
pistol man1784
sightsman1790
pistol shot1832
pistol-toter1887
pistol-packer1899
pistolero1932
1932 Hispania 15 405 Meeting their violence with that of gangsters, pistoleros in the pay of the reactionaries.
1939 G. Greene Lawless Roads 19 Mexico remained Catholic: it was the governing class—the politicians and pistoleros only who were anti-Catholic.
1973 C. Alverson Fighting Back (1978) xiv. 80 You and your red-hot pistoleros got my kid brother nearly killed.
2001 J. T. Hallinan Going up River i. 13 The bosses all wear holsters, but some of them prefer to shove the barrels of their guns into their belts, like pistoleros in spaghetti westerns.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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