cannoneer
An artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy…An artillery soldier who maintains and operates (historical) a cannon, or (now) some other piece of heavy artillery.
Meaning
1 sensesAn artillery soldier who maintains and operates (historical) a cannon, or (now) some other piece of heavy artillery.
Luckily, the cannoneer was only mildly injured when his cannon malfunctioned.
Kanonier
канони́рkanonír, артиллери́стartilleríst, пушка́рьpuškárʹ
каноні́рkanonír, артилери́стartylerýst, гарма́шharmáš
- a serviceman in the artillery
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French canonnier, with the ending reshaped to English -eer (suffix forming aBorrowed from French canonnier, with the ending reshaped to English -eer (suffix forming agent nouns denoting people associated with, concerned with, or engaged in specified activities). Canonnier is derived from Middle French cannonier, canonnier, from canon (“cannon”) (from cane (from Old French cane (“tube”), from Latin canna (“cane; reed; something resembling a cane”), from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă, “giant reed (Arundo donax)”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm, “reed”)) + -on (augmentative suffix)) + -ier (suffix denoting a profession). By surface analysis, cannon + -eer.
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Forms
plural: cannoneersSynonyms
4 synonyms- a serviceman in the artillery:gunnermachine gunner