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GUN FOR HIRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gun for hire mean?
• GUN FOR HIRE (noun)
The noun GUN FOR HIRE has 1 sense:
1. a professional killer who uses a gun
Familiarity information: GUN FOR HIRE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A professional killer who uses a gun
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
gun; gun for hire; gunman; gunslinger; hired gun; hit man; hitman; shooter; torpedo; triggerman
Hypernyms ("gun for hire" is a kind of...):
liquidator; manslayer; murderer (a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being))
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