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bombardier

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bom⋅bar⋅dier

[bom-ber-deer, -buh-]
–noun
1. Military. the member of a bombing plane crew who operates the bombsight and bomb-release mechanism.
2. History/Historical. artilleryman.

Origin:
1550–60; < MF; see bombard, -ier 2

Bom⋅bar⋅dier

[bom-ber-deer, -buh-, bom-bahr-dyey]
Trademark, Canadian.
a snowmobilelike vehicle driven by an internal-combustion engine, equipped with caterpillar tracks at the rear, steered by skis at the front, and designed for travel over snow.

Origin:
1945–50; after Canadian inventor and industrialist Armand Bombardier (d. 1964), who designed it
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bom·bar·dier   (bŏm'bər-dîr')   
n.  
  1. The member of a combat aircraft crew who operates the bombsight and drops the bombs.

  2. Chiefly British A noncommissioned artillery officer.

  3. Archaic A soldier in the artillery.


[French, from Old French bombarde, bombard; see bombard.]
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