machine gunner
- a word derived from machine gun.
- a word derived from machine-gun.
Example Sentences
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As a young conscript four decades ago, Kang was a machine gunner stationed near the border with North Korea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
Viktor, a 23-year-old machine gunner and sharpshooter in the Third Separate Assault Brigade that has led the Ukrainian counter-offensive on Bakhmut's southern outskirts, had no doubt that the ruined city would be recaptured.
From Reuters ● Sep. 22, 2023
Major Black went through Marine Corps recruit training in April 1988 as a machine gunner.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
Ferenc Münnich became prime minister of Hungary and machine gunner Mehmet Shehu was his counterpart in Albania for 27 years.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 22, 2020
He learned where to place the green-faced lieutenant and the captain, and, high ground being priceless, to set the machine gunner on a book, a children’s dictionary.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
