Backshooter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Backshooter is a noun meaning (US) A cowboy who kills someone by shooting them in the back.
Meaning
(US) A cowboy who kills someone by shooting them in the back.
More Meanings
- (by extension) A treacherous person
Example Sentences
It would be so easy for Jed to jerk his rifle from its sheath, lever a cartridge into the firing chamber and put a bullet right between Colter's shoulder blades. For a fleeting moment, Jed considered doing just that. But he knew he was not a backshooter and more than that, he wanted to see the truth of the murder in Colter's eyes and make him squirm before dying at the end of a rope.
Word Forms
- backshooters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shooter, beanshooter, shotter, bean-shooter, shottie, gunslinger.
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