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aimer

American  
[aym-er] / ˈeɪm ər /

noun

aimers plural
  1. a person who aims a weapon at a target, especially a member of an armed force who aims bombs or heavy guns.

  2. a device or feature, especially in video games, used to aim a weapon.


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Johnson was a 21-year-old bomb aimer on the 1943 mission, codenamed Operation Chastise, by the Royal Air Force’s famed 617 Squadron.

From Seattle Times Dec. 8, 2022

He would often say that it was quite a different thing to be "amoureux d'une femme," and to "aimer une femme"—to be in love with, or to love a woman.

From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix

Back in Britain, he opted to become a gunner until he discovered that bomb aimers got higher wages.

From BBC Dec. 8, 2022

I firmly believe that Little League pitchers can be much more effective than the current pasture of Dodger aimers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2021

It was knocked down at the second shot, so it was just as well to put the full price upon them at once, they were such remarkably good aimers at anything.

From Japhet, in Search of a Father by Marryat, Frederick

It was knocked down at the second shot, so it was just as well to put the full price upon them at once, they were such remarkable good aimers at anything.

From Japhet in Search of a Father by Marryat, Frederick

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