shooter

noun

1. a person who shoots 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.

noun

1. a person or thing that shoots
2. slang a gun
3. cricket a ball that unexpectedly travels low on pitching