cannoneer
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- cannoneering noun
Etymology
Origin of cannoneer
From the Middle French word canonnier, dating back to 1555–65. See cannon, -eer
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Every step that cannoneers take to prepare and fire their field piece is a lesson directly from an army manual.
From Washington Post
“Saint Barbara was invoked by these early cannoneers in the hope she would protect them from this fate.”
From Washington Times
Little joined the Marines in December 2011 and is a field artillery cannoneer for the 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, according to a military statement.
From Reuters
Stanford typically fired a cannon at home games whenever its team scored, and that day no one had thought to stay the eager hand of the cannoneer.
From New York Times
The cannoneer, now trembling, blushed, For he rarely missed his aim, While his commander forward rushed, With words of bitter blame.
From Project Gutenberg
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
