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# gunman

«gunman» in Mova's school dictionary: **A man who uses a gun to hurt people or commit a crime** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a gunman, gunmen)

### meaning for a pupil

A man who uses a gun to hurt people or commit a crime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gunman/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In news and crime stories «gunman» names the attacker in a shooting or robbery; in safety lessons children learn to run, hide and tell an adult or police if there is danger. Phrases: «a lone gunman», «the gunman was arrested».

### examples

- Police arrested the gunman after the robbery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gunman/#x1)
- The gunman ran away before the police came. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gunman/#x2)
- In the film, the cowboy faced the gunman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gunman/#x3)
- The news said a gunman had held up the bank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gunman/#x4)
- Nobody was hurt, and the gunman was caught. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gunman/#x5)
- The gunman wore a mask. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gunman/#x6)

### note

Plural «gunmen» (like man → men). A serious, news word. Related: gunfire, gunshot.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gunman» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gunman/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.