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shooter

[shoo-ter]

noun

  1. a person who shoots shoot with a gun, bow, etc..

    efforts to capture the shooter.

  2. a gun (often used in combination).

    a six-shooter.

  3. a person who shoots a ball, puck, etc., at a goal.

  4. a thing that shoots.

    The meteor shower had many bright shooters.

  5. a marble used to shoot at other marbles in a game.

  6. a person who sets off explosives in oil-drilling operations.

  7. Informal.a professional or amateur photographer.

  8. first-person shooter.

    1. an alcoholic drink served in a shot glass or contained in a miniature bottle.

    2. a dessert or other food served in a shot glass or other very small container (usually used in combination).

      soup shooters; shooters of chocolate mousse.

    3. the container itself.

      white ceramic shooters.



shooter

/ ˈʃːə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that shoots

  2. slanga gun

  3. cricket a ball that unexpectedly travels low on pitching

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of shooter1

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; shoot 1 -er 1
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The Graz shooter, named by Austrian media as Arthur A, has been described by police as a very introverted person, who had retreated to the virtual world.

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One of those officers stated that “several patrons from the event identified Mr. Brown as the shooter and informed him that Mr. Brown was armed,” the warrant states.

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But the identity of the alleged shooter proved even more shocking - a 15-year-old child.

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Current information suggests the shooter legally owned the two guns used in the attack - a pistol and a shotgun - and had a firearms licence, police said.

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The shooter took his own life in a school bathroom shortly after the gun attack, the authorities said.

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