gun crew

noun

1. the sailors and petty officers in charge of a gun on a ship.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gun crew¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

Khan's machine gun crew, along with one other, carried on fighting until they were overrun by Germans.

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The 21-year-old Marine was part of an artillery gun crew that fought against the Islamic State, and he knew that his unit’s huge cannons had killed hundreds of enemy fighters.

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But keeping the number of U.S. troops involved to a minimum meant that each gun crew had to fire thousands of high-explosive shells — far more rounds than any American gun crew had fired at least since the Vietnam War.

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A Ukrainian gun crew fired a M777 howitzer toward Russian positions in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.Credit...

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We had what were called quad 40s, four 40-millimeters guns lined up side by side, and our gun crew started firing back without any orders.

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