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gunner

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gun⋅ner

  [guhn-er]
–noun
1. a person who operates a gun or cannon.
2. Army. an occupational title in the artillery.
3. Navy. a person skilled in handling ammunition and gunnery equipment.
4. Marine Corps. a warrant officer who may be given any one of a number of assignments.
5. British.
a. Military. a private in the artillery.
b. Informal. any officer or enlisted person assigned to the artillery.
6. a person who hunts with a gun.
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Origin:
1300–50; ME; see gun 1 , -er 1

Related forms:
gun⋅ner⋅ship, noun
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gun·ner   (gŭn'ər)   
n.  

  1. A member of the armed forces who operates a gun.

  2. A warrant officer in the U.S. Marine Corps having charge of ordnance.

  3. Chiefly British An artillery soldier, especially a private.

  4. One who hunts with a gun.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
gunner

  1. n.
    an earnest student. (Collegiate.) : The gunners in my algebra class always get the As.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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