| English Dictionary |
GUNNER
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
| IPA (US): |  |
Dictionary entry overview: What does gunner mean?
• GUNNER (noun)
The noun GUNNER has 1 sense:
1. a serviceman in the artillery
Familiarity information: GUNNER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A serviceman in the artillery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
artilleryman; cannoneer; gunner; machine gunner
Hypernyms ("gunner" is a kind of...):
man; military man; military personnel; serviceman (someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force)
Derivation:
gun (shoot with a gun)
Context examples
“Israel was Flint's gunner,” said Gray hoarsely.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The gunner turned damned nasty at the last, and I had to square him with an extra hundred dollars or it would have been nitsky for you and me. ‘Nothin’ doin’!’ says he, and he meant it, too, but the last hundred did it.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
One I recognized for the coxswain's, Israel Hands, that had been Flint's gunner in former days.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"The bird who has eaten cannot fly with the bird that is hungry." (Native American proverb, Omaha)
"What is learned in youth is carved in stone." (Arabic proverb)
"Life does not always go over roses." (Dutch proverb)