gunner

gun·ner

a soldier, sailor, etc. who fires or helps fire an artillery piece
a naval warrant officer whose specialty is guns, missiles, torpedoes, etc. and related equipment
a hunter who uses a gun

Origin of gunner

Middle English gonner from gonne, gun

gunner

noun

A member of the armed forces who operates a gun.
A warrant officer in the US Marine Corps having charge of ordnance.
Chiefly British An artillery soldier, especially a private.
One who hunts with a gun.

gunner

Noun

(plural gunners)

(military) Artillery soldier, or such who holds private rank. Abbreviated Gnr.
A person who operates a gun.
(figuratively) An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition.
(American football) A player on the kicking side whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner.
(UK, slang, soccer) A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.
The great northern diver or loon.
(UK, Ireland, dialect) The sea bream.

Origin

Middle English gun + -er

Noun

(plural Gunners)

(soccer) someone connected with Arsenal Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

SentencesSentence examples

Sentence Examples

Why doesn't the red-haired gunner run away as he is unarmed?
A sailor is said to be "rated A.B.," or in the navy "rated petty officer," "seaman," "gunner," and so on.
Among them is the cosmopolitan Calanus finmarchicus, the earliest described (by Bishop Gunner in 1770) of all the marine free-swimming Copepoda.
"Captain Tushin's, your excellency!" shouted the red-haired, freckled gunner in a merry voice, standing to attention.
A huge, broad-shouldered gunner, Number One, holding a mop, his legs far apart, sprang to the wheel; while Number Two with a trembling hand placed a charge in the cannon's mouth.

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