gunner
Americannoun
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gunners
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a person who operates a gun or cannon.
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Army. an occupational title in the artillery.
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Navy. a person skilled in handling ammunition and gunnery equipment.
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Marine Corps. a warrant officer who may be given any one of a number of assignments.
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British.
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Military. a private in the artillery.
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Informal. any officer or enlisted person assigned to the artillery.
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a person who hunts with a gun.
noun
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a serviceman who works with, uses, or specializes in guns
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navy (formerly) a warrant officer responsible for the training of gun crews, their performance in action, and accounting for ammunition
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gnr. (in the British Army) an artilleryman, esp a private
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a person who hunts with a rifle or shotgun
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Origin of gunner
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at gun 1, -er 1
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"I tried using the time constructively," Mr Devonport, who served as a Chieftain gunner in the First Royal Tank Regiment, said.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2024
Although more accustomed to playing out wide as a gunner, he didn’t blink at lining up at a position more often occupied by bigger linebackers, or sometimes even linemen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2024
Eighth Air Force and served as a radio gunner on a B-17, the massive bomber known as the Flying Fortress.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Donald became a gunner in the Middlesex Regiment.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2024
As a big man, therefore a machine gunner, Henry Dobbins carried the M-60, which weighed 23 pounds unloaded, but which was almost always loaded.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
The Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run ride requires riders taking up different roles, with two gunners, engineers and a pair of pilots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
Some Ukrainian gunners have told reporters they were only allowed to fire three shells per night.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2024
It would be highly unusual for tanks to be parked in the open, where they make easy targets for enemy gunners, they said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
Ukrainian gunners avoid hitting the silo, the highest structure for kilometres around, because of its importance to the region's farmers, he said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 28, 2022
When the 587th Regiment finally went to war, most of its tail gunners were men, because the machine guns in the Pe-2s required so much strength to recharge.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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