hired gun : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hired gun	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hired gun
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hired gun n a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter]
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
hired gun n. A contract programmer, as opposed to a full-time staff member. All the connotations of this term suggested by innumerable spaghetti Westerns are intentional.