What does bombardier mean?

Definitions for bombardier
ˌbɒm bərˈdɪər, -bə-bom·bardier

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bombardiernoun

    a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery

  2. bombardiernoun

    the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target

Wiktionary

  1. bombardiernoun

    A bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs.

  2. bombardiernoun

    a non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr.

  3. bombardiernoun

    An artilleryman; a gunner.

  4. bombardiernoun

    A bombardier beetle.

  5. Bombardiernoun

    An enclosed passenger vehicle, propelled over snow and ice by caterpillar tracks and steered by skis.

  6. Etymology: From bombarder: a stone throwing engine.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Bombardiernoun

    The engineer whose employment it is to shoot bombs.

    Etymology: from bombard.

    The bombardier tosses his balls sometimes into the midst of a city, with a design to fill all around him with terrour and combustion. Tatler, №. 88.

ChatGPT

  1. bombardier

    A bombardier is a title or role that refers to a member of a bomber crew in the air force who is responsible for sighting and releasing bombs. It can also refer to a company called Bombardier Inc., a multinational corporation that makes regional airlines and business jets, and railway equipments. Additionally, it is a term used for a type of large carrion beetle.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bombardiernoun

    one who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner

  2. Bombardiernoun

    a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. bombardier

    Is an artilleryman versed in that department of arms which relates especially to bombs and shells, mortars and howitzers, grenades and fuzes. In some foreign armies, the bombardiers form a separate corps. In the British service a bombardier is a non-commissioned grade in the artillery below that of corporal.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BOMBARDIER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bombardier is ranked #28777 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Bombardier surname appeared 827 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bombardier.

    94.4% or 781 total occurrences were White.
    3.5% or 29 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.4% or 12 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bombardier in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bombardier in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of bombardier in a Sentence

  1. Elliot Sander:

    The Pittsburg site will also enable Bombardier to pursue additional business opportunities in the growing rail transit equipment market on the West Coast and to serve this market with increased effectiveness.

  2. Justin Trudeau:

    The approach we take on this is very much are we creating conditions for success in the medium and long term that is going to lead to good jobs, that is going to lead to a vibrant and thriving aerospace industry in Canada? that is certainly our hope and that is the nature of the conversations we're having right now with Bombardier.

  3. Fred Cromer:

    We're looking at partnerships if it's good for Bombardier, but more importantly, if it's good for our customers, you can find ways to get creative for the right deal.

  4. Bertrand Grabowski:

    The question is whether or not Bombardier will be successful in raising prices, for this to happen, it needs a few conditions and one of them is a steady growth market.

  5. Bob Leduc:

    I know Bombardier is going through a rough time (and) they spent more in development. But I have been around long enough to know that if you wait just a little while longer something will happen that is totally unexpected, they have got a good product and in my experience, if you have a good product the market will eventually come.

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