Definitions for hired gun
hired gun

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooternoun

   a professional killer who uses a gun

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1. hired gun

   A mercenary, sometimes also known as a soldier of fortune or hired gun, is a private individual that joins a military conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military. Mercenaries fight for money or other forms of payment rather than for political interests. Beginning in the 20th century, mercenaries have increasingly come to be seen as less entitled to protections by rules of war than non-mercenaries. The Geneva Conventions declare that mercenaries are not recognized as legitimate combatants and do not have to be granted the same legal protections as captured service personnel of the armed forces. In practice, whether or not a person is a mercenary may be a matter of degree, as financial and political interests may overlap.

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1. hired gun

   A hired gun generally refers to a professional, often highly skilled, brought in to perform a specific task or job, typically for a limited period. This term can be used in various contexts including business, where it might refer to consultants or freelancers; or in entertainment, where it might refer to a musician or actor brought in for a specific performance or role. Originally, the term was used to refer to a mercenary - a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.

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1. Hired Gun

   Hired Gun was a medium sized development team created internally within Microsoft Game Studios, headed by project leader Jo Clowes. The team worked on the port of Halo 2 from its original Xbox edition, to a new and improved Windows Vista exclusive. The team consisted of approximately 50 members, divided between port coding, the development of the map editor and new multiplayer maps, as well as software testing. Their project, which became dubbed "Halo 2 Vista" or "H2V", was developed between early February 2006 and April 2007. Hired Gun provided patch support for the game up until October 2007, after which the team were dissolved and redistributed within Microsoft Game Studios to work on other projects.

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1. hired gun

   A contract programmer, as opposed to a full-time staff member. All the connotations of this term suggested by innumerable spaghetti Westerns are intentional.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hired gun in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hired gun in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of hired gun in a Sentence

1. Kenneth Ravenell:

   We were initially surprised that Dr. Fowler would be testifying, particularly since he's a defendant in a case that's eerily similar, he's a hired gun.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hired gun
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hired_Gun
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hired gun
5. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#HiredGun