Meaning

10 senses
  1. An artillery soldier, especially one who holds private rank.

    артиллери́стartilleríst, стрело́кstrelók

  2. A person who operates a gun.

    a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)

  3. A person who operates a gun.

    A riveter; someone who operates a rivet gun.

    стрело́кstrelók

  4. (figuratively)An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition.

  5. A player on the kicking team whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner.

  6. (UK, slang)A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.

  7. The great northern diver or loon.

  8. (Ireland, UK, dialectal)The sea bream, especially Pagellus bogaraveo (blackspot sea bream)

  9. A player who can reliably shoot baskets.

  10. (Cebu, regional, slang)The person designated to pour drinks in a drinking session.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Tom was a machine gunner.

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  2. Tom was a tail gunner.

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  3. Gunners, prepare to fire.

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  4. If I could just get my hands on that gunner!

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  5. Sami was known around the town as Gunner.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
artillery soldier:

Origin

From Middle English gonner; equivalent to gun + -er. Reborrowing from Cebuano gunner, ult

From Middle English gonner; equivalent to gun + -er.

Reborrowing from Cebuano gunner, ultimately from English gunner.

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Forms

plural: gunners
Singulargunner
Pluralgunners

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
gnr
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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