Definitions for gunner
ˈgʌn ərgun·ner

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. artilleryman, cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner(noun)

   a serviceman in the artillery

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Gunner(Noun)

   someone connected with Arsenal Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

2. gunner(Noun)

   Artillery soldier, or such who holds private rank. Abbreviated Gnr.

3. gunner(Noun)

   A person who operates a gun.

4. gunner(Noun)

   An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition.

5. gunner(Noun)

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

6. gunner(Noun)

   A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Gunner(noun)

   one who works a gun, whether on land or sea; a cannoneer

2. Gunner(noun)

   a warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel

3. Gunner(noun)

   the great northern diver or loon. See Loon

4. Gunner(noun)

   the sea bream

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Gunner

   Gunner is a rank equivalent to Private in the British Army Royal Artillery and the artillery corps of other Commonwealth armies. The next highest rank is usually Lance-Bombardier, although in the Royal Canadian Artillery it is Bombardier.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. gunner

   A soldier employed to manage and discharge great guns; an artilleryman. In the U. S. service there is with each piece a gunner, who gives all the executive commands in action. He is answerable that the men at the piece perform their duties correctly.

How to pronounce gunner?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gunner in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gunner in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of gunner in a Sentence

1. Adam Makos:

   It was hard for me to believe that he was a legendary tank gunner in World War II because he was so gentle and calm.

2. Matt Walker:

   Loading up on airplanes, C30s, the helicopters, what it looked like to me was that he was a gunner on topof a Humvee.

3. Brian Williams:

   Here's a view of rockets I have never seen, passing underneath us, 1,500 feet beneath us, and we've got the gunner doors on this thing, and I'm saying to the general, some four-star, 'It wouldn't take much for them to adjust the aim and try to do a ring toss right through our open doors, would it?'.

4. Matt Walker:

   What it looked like to me was that he was a gunner on topof a Humvee.

5. Former Green Beret Stephen Florich:

   I think my son was very active on that aircraft, my son was in uniform. My son was serving in the capacity as a crew chief and a door gunner. And in adverse weather conditions, he accepted a mission to train people for combat in the future. And in that, he gave all and lost his life.

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