Earp, Wy‧att /ɜːp $ ɜːrp, ˈwaɪət/
(1848–1929) a US marshal and gambler (=someone who plays card games to win money etc) who is known for fighting in the famous ‘Gunfight at the O.K. Corral’. He often appears as the hero in cowboy films and television programmes who defeats bad cowboys or robbers in the Wild West.

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