noun
a professional killer who uses a gun
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• Hypernyms: ↑murderer, ↑liquidator, ↑manslayer
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n. informal
1) an expert brought in to resolve complex problems or to lobby for a cause
it is a chance for an insurance company's hired gun to find some excuse to deny your benefits
2) a hired bodyguard, mercenary, or assassin
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noun, pl ⋯ guns [count]
chiefly US
1 : a person who is paid to kill someone
2 : a person who is hired to do a specific job and especially one that some people consider to be morally wrong
business executives and the hired guns they pay to polish their images
Useful english dictionary. 2012.