gunslinger

English

gunslinger (plural gunslingers)

(historical) A person in the Old West who carried a gun and was an expert at quickly drawing it and firing.
- 2016 October 2, David Sims, “Westworld Is a Grand Saga of Gunslingers and Robots”, in The Atlantic‎:
  Along with Dolores, there’s Teddy (James Marsden), a heroic-seeming gunslinger looking for adventure.
(by extension) A person who behaves with the reckless bravado expected of someone who would duel with guns.
- 1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 142:
  HIP YOUNG GUNSLINGERS WANTED (BASS, DRUMS, GUITAR) FOR NEW BAND. MUST BE INTO REM, PRIMAL SCREAM, FANCLUB ETC. CONTACT BARRY IN THE SHOP.
- 2005, Daniel A. Strachman, Getting Started in Hedge Funds, page 3:
  The perception of the hedge fund world is that of gunslingers and traders who manage billions of dollars by the seat of their pants.

person expert at the quick draw

person behaves with the bravado of a gunslinger

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