Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A soldier in the artillery; a gunner.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who takes part in the loading and discharging of cannon; an artilleryman.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A man who manages, or fires, cannon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun military A person who tends and operates a piece of
artillery , especially acannon .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a serviceman in the artillery
Etymologies
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Examples
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Dearer than life itself to the cannoneer is the gun he serves, and these brave men fought hand to hand with handspikes, rammers, staves, and even stones.
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI Abner Doubleday 1856
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Officials said Lantigua was a field artillery cannoneer and was stationed in Anbar Province.
Gulf War II 2009
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He was a frikkig cannoneer sitting on top of a hill in pretty much one location in his entire tour.
frank joseph visconi 2010
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Director Tom Gellert as well as a HCB for a final concert: Tchaikovskys 1812 Overture accompanied by LIVE cannon as well as guest cannoneer, Jim McAward.
li concerts summer 2009 admin 2009
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Director Tom Gellert as well as a HCB for a final concert: Tchaikovskys 1812 Overture accompanied by LIVE cannon as well as guest cannoneer, Jim McAward.
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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I had pointed to the use of grunt-carried UAVs, and cannoneer Common_Sense noted that there was no real distinction between those and artillery.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Drone Warfare and the Harvard National Security Conference 2010
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I had pointed to the use of grunt-carried UAVs, and cannoneer Common_Sense noted that there was no real distinction between those and artillery.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Drone Warfare and the Harvard National Security Conference 2010
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I was in the United States Marines, an artillery cannoneer.
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The populace, however, that food for cannon which is so fond of the cannoneer, sought him with its glance.
Les Miserables 2008
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Chance was an artillery cannoneer and his unit was acting as provisional military police outside of Baghdad.
Gulf War II 2006
hernesheir commented on the word cannoneer
artilleryman
December 27, 2010