-shooter
suffix /-ʃuː.tər/
/-t̬ɚ/ Definition
› a type of gun, etc. or a person that shoots: a peashooter a sharpshooter a six-shooterGuns
(Definition of -shooter suffix from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
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