cannoneer

English

Etymology

From cannon +‎ -eer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkænəˈnɪɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

cannoneer (plural cannoneers)

1. (military) A person who tends and operates a piece of artillery, especially a cannon.

   Luckily, the cannoneer was only mildly injured when his cannon malfunctioned.

   • 1908, James Ryder Randall, “Pelham”, in Maryland, my Maryland, and other poems, Baltimore, Md., New York: John Murphy Company, page 20:

     Just as the Spring came laughing through the strife,
     With all its gorgeous cheer;
     In the bright April of historic life,
     Fell the great cannoneer.

Derived terms

• cannoneering

 

Translations

person who operates a piece of artillery, especially a cannon

• Czech: kanonýr (cs) m
• Dutch: kanonnier (nl) m
• Esperanto: kanonisto
• Finnish: tykkimies (fi)
• German: Kanonier (de) m
• Hungarian: tüzér (hu)
• Macedonian: артиле́рец m (artilérec), топчија m (topčija)
• Portuguese: artilheiro (pt) m
• Romanian: tunar (ro) m
• Russian: артиллери́ст (ru) m (artilleríst), канони́р (ru) m (kanonír) (historical), пушка́рь (ru) m (puškárʹ) (historical)
• Ukrainian: гарма́тник m (harmátnyk), гарма́ш (uk) m (harmáš), артилери́ст (uk) m (artylerýst)
• Uyghur: توپچى (topchi)
• Yiddish: האַרמאַטניק m (harmatnik)

Anagrams

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