cannoneer
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9.6
- noun
- /ˌkænəˈnɪr/
:
artillero
- In the Roman army, there were gladiators, slaves... horsemen and cannoneers.
Examples
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The cannoneer aimed the cannon carefully before firing at the target.
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As a skilled cannoneer, he played a crucial role in the army's defense strategy.
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I would be very surprised to meet a former Black Dragon cannoneer who did not wear a hearing aid.
Blog text (21) -
After that, the young German cannoneers used it as a training target.
Fiction book (1990) -
French cannoneers in Batteries #1 and #2 fire again and again.
Fiction book (1992) -
Union Capt. John Tidball, head of an artillery battery, ordered it played for the burial of a cannoneer killed in action.
Blog text (27) -
It was at this engagement where Martha, or Molly Hays, wife of one of the cannoneers who had been carrying water to the soldiers, when suddenly her husband was wounded, helped load the cannons in place.
Academic text (1992) -
During the battle, the cannoneers worked together to reload and fire their artillery.
Synonyms
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3.6
A person who fires a gun, sometimes paid to kill others
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6.1
A person who aims and fires weapons, often in the military or in contests
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8.2
A person who is very good at using guns and hitting targets
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8.9
A person who operates large military guns to support troops
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7.5
A soldier who uses large guns to fire at distant targets
A person who loads and fires a cannon for the army or reenactments
A woman in the army who operates and maintains big guns like cannons
A person who shoots very well, often in the army or competitions
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word cannoneer is made from cannon ('big gun') and the ending -eer ('person who'), so a cannoneer is a person who operates a cannon. A helpful way to remember is that cannon came from an old word for a 'reed' or 'tube' because early guns were like hollow tubes, so the name links the tube-shaped gun to the person who fires it.