Meaning of GUNNER
| Pronunciation: | | 'gunur
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] a serviceman in the artillery |
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GUNNER is a 6 letter word that starts with G. |
| | Synonyms: | | artilleryman, cannoneer, machine gunner |
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| | See Also: | | man, military man, military personnel, serviceman | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gun"ner\, n.
1. One who works a gun, whether on land or sea; a cannoneer.
2. A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the
ordnance on a vessel.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The great northern diver or loon. See {Loon}.
(b) The sea bream. [Prov. Eng. or Irish]
{Gunner's daughter}, the gun to which men or boys were lashed
for punishment. [Sailor's slang] --W. C. Russell.
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| | Related Terms: | | aerial photographer, aircrew, aircrewman, archer, artillerist, artilleryman, avigator, bakehead, belly gunner, black gang, boilerman, bomb thrower, bombardier, bomber, bowman, bungs, cabin boy, cannoneer, carabineer, chips, commissary steward, complement, crack shot, crew, crew chief, dead shot, deadeye, deckhand, deckie, fireman, flight attendant, flight crew, good shot, gun, gun loader, gunman, hand, hospital steward, hostess, hunter, landing signalman, machine gunner, mail orderly, marksman, markswoman, meteorologist, musketeer, navigator, Nimrod, oiler, purser, radio operator, rifleman, roustabout, sharpshooter, shooter, shot, snip, sniper, snips, sparks, steward, stewardess, stoker, targetshooter, torpedoman, toxophilite, trapshooter, watch, yeoman |
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