shootist
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who is an expert user of firearms, especially a sharpshooter or a gunslinger in the Old West.
American usage; Archaic
Example Sentences
- "Not being a "shootist," I cannot lay the bird before you."
- "Such terminations in -ist were very common at one time; my collection includes swimmist, sparrist, ballist, walkist, shootist, saloonist, and several others."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwdeti? Proto-Germanic *skuttōnąbf.? Proto-Germanic *skeutaną Proto-West Germanic *skeutan Old English sċēotan Middle English schoten English shoot Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English shootist From shoot + -ist.