a made-up name for a gunfighter (a person who engaged in gun duels) in the late nineteenth century US West. Gunfights were notoriously carried out in the main street of the town "at sunset." Referred to as "Black" as in early black-and-white American cowboy movies, the villain always wore a black hat while the hero always wore a white hat. —SHSBC Binder 13 Approved Glossary