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Shootist meaning

A person who is an expert user of firearms, especially a sharpshooter or a gunslinger in the Old West.

Using Shootist

  • The main meaning on this page is: A person who is an expert user of firearms, especially a sharpshooter or a gunslinger in the Old West.
  • In the example corpus, shootist often appears in combinations such as: the shootist.

Context around Shootist

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

technological 1×

Often after:

1976 4×

Sentence patterns with Shootist

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

film the shootist 1976 is 1× film the shootist 1976 where 1× in the shootist 1976 1× the technological shootist as the 1× was the shootist 1976 whose 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

finally there would 1× his last film 1× in his final 1× stewart returned to 1× wayne s final 1×

Common sentence endings:

numerous plot similarities 1× terminal cancer diagnosis 1× the legendary gunslinger 1× the shootist 1976 1× three years later 1×

Words around Shootist

Just before it in the word index:

shootings 1.185 shootinga 5 shooting 9.578 shooters 435 shooter 1.405 shootdown 4

Just after it in the word index:

shootout 623 shootouts 50 shoots 802 shooty 3 shop 7.059 shopaholic 8

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadujeevitham 7 aani 7 aarne 7 aasb 7 aasen 7 aashiqui 7

Corpus analysis for Shootist

  • In this selection, "shootist" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, technological and 1976 stand out and add context to how "shootist" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include film the shootist 1976 is and film the shootist 1976 where. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "shootist" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with shootist

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

In his final screen performance, he starred as an aging gunfighter battling cancer in The Shootist (1976). (17 words)

Wayne's final film, The Shootist (1976), is often compared to The Gunfighter and contains numerous plot similarities. (18 words)

Finally, there would be the technological shootist as the final archetype – you guessed it: This fellow would be the Tech Guide engine tweak for the Legendary Gunslinger. (27 words)

Longer example sentences

Stewart returned to films after an absence of five years with a major supporting role in John Wayne 's final film, The Shootist (1976) where Stewart played a doctor giving Wayne's gunfighter a terminal cancer diagnosis. (37 words)

Finally, there would be the technological shootist as the final archetype – you guessed it: This fellow would be the Tech Guide engine tweak for the Legendary Gunslinger. (27 words)

His last film was The Shootist (1976), whose main character, J. B. Books, was dying of cancer—the illness to which Wayne himself succumbed three years later. (27 words)

Example sentences (5)

Finally, there would be the technological shootist as the final archetype – you guessed it: This fellow would be the Tech Guide engine tweak for the Legendary Gunslinger.

His last film was The Shootist (1976), whose main character, J. B. Books, was dying of cancer—the illness to which Wayne himself succumbed three years later.

In his final screen performance, he starred as an aging gunfighter battling cancer in The Shootist (1976).

Stewart returned to films after an absence of five years with a major supporting role in John Wayne 's final film, The Shootist (1976) where Stewart played a doctor giving Wayne's gunfighter a terminal cancer diagnosis.

Wayne's final film, The Shootist (1976), is often compared to The Gunfighter and contains numerous plot similarities.

Common combinations with shootist

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "shootist" in a sentence?
An example: "Finally, there would be the technological shootist as the final archetype – you guessed it: This fellow would be the Tech Guide engine tweak for the Legendary Gunslinger." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "shootist" from authentic English texts.
What does "shootist" mean?
Shootist means: A person who is an expert user of firearms, especially a sharpshooter or a gunslinger in the Old West.
How many example sentences with "shootist" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "shootist", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.