society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun (71)
U.S. slang. A gunman. Cf. rod, n.1 14. Now historical.
Subcategories:
— collectively (2)
— by type of shooting (7)
— one armed with firelock, matchlock, etc. (4)
— culverin (2)
— musket (6)
— musketoon (2)
— caliver (3)
— harquebus (12)
— carbine (5)
— blunderbuss (1)
— rifle (9)
— shotgun (1)
— pistol (13)
— small or inefficient gun (2)