gunnist

English

Etymology

From gun +‎ -ist.

Noun

gunnist (plural gunnists)

1. (rare) Someone who uses a gun or guns; a gunner.

   Hyponyms: gunman, gunwoman

   • 1894 September, [Edward] Braddon, “Thirty Years of Shikar.—Conclusion.”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLVI, number DCCCCXLVII, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood & Sons, […], →OCLC, page 388, column 1:

     In Oudh the gunnist was satisfied with the moderate bags of quail that came to him in the ordinary course. He did not resort to the employment of call-birds, as is the fashion of the Punjab, where these decoy-birds are put down overnight to attract all the wild quail within earshot.