A person or company that manufactures guns or firearms.
Compound of 'gun' (Middle Dutch 'gonne') and 'maker' (Old English 'macere'). Term emerged as gunsmithing became an established profession during the late medieval period.
Famous gunmakers like Samuel Colt and John Browning became household names and shaped world history—Colt's revolver literally changed warfare by making firearms reliable enough that one person could fire multiple shots without reloading.
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