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/gˈənər/ Listen

noun

Gunner n.

One who works a gun or cannon, whether on land, sea, or in the air; a cannoneer.

A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel.

(Zool.)

(a)

The great northern diver or loon. See Loon.

(b)

The sea bream. (Prov. Eng. or Irish)

Gunner's daughter, the gun to which men or boys were lashed for punishment. (Sailor's slang)

tail gunner (Mil.) A member of the crew of a bomber airplane who operates the defensive gun at the rear of the airplane.

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... a crowd round her; she was staring up at a white cloud, and swore that she could plainly see an angel with a white sword, and some of the others cried that they saw it too. I should like to have been a gunner's mate with a stout rattan, and to have laid it over their shoulders, to give them something else to think about for a few hours. It is downright pitiful to see such cowards. At the corner of one street there was a quack, vending pills and perfumes that he warranted to keep away the ...

— When London Burned • G. A. Henty

... a state of starvation and misery not to be described; the remainder are reported to have landed on the coast of Borneo per long-boat:—Captain John Page; G. H. W. Gill, chief officer; Alexander Young, second officer; one gunner; five sea-cunnies; two carpenters; twenty-three natives and Lascars; two Nakodas. Passengers:—Mrs. Page (of a daughter, 31st of March); Mr. and Miss de Souza; Mrs. Anderson, servant; one Ayah; in all forty-two souls. The sultan has permitted myself, Mr. ...

— The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido - For the Suppression of Piracy • Henry Keppel

... the same general principles are used by airmen in search of a landing for himself or for a destructive bomb; in signaling to a gunner, and in many other ways. They are simple in construction because they need not withstand the stresses of being fired from a gun; they are merely dropped from the aircraft. The mechanism of ignition and the ...

— Artificial Light - Its Influence upon Civilization • M. Luckiesh

... crashed, the bullets whistled round the ears of Wallner and Panzl, but none hit them; and hen the smoke cleared away, John Panzl was seen to make a triumphant leap in the air, which he accompanied with a shout of victory, while Anthony Wallner calmly raised his rifle again. He fired, and the gunner at the ...

— Andreas Hofer • Lousia Muhlbach

... was not sufficient to fill the vacancies. Some eight extra commissions were offered to the fourth term cadets who were willing to forgo their opportunities of qualifying for the Royal Engineers by remaining for another term. A gunner was good enough for me, and I was duly ...

— The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon • Jose Maria Gordon

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