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 →

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 →
• The gunman ran away before the police came. tree →
• In the film, the cowboy faced the gunman. tree →
• The news said a gunman had held up the bank. tree →
• Nobody was hurt, and the gunman was caught. tree →
• The gunman wore a mask. tree →

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.