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Definitions for gunner
ˈgʌn ərgun·ner
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Princeton's WordNet
artilleryman, cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner(noun)
a serviceman in the artillery
Wiktionary
Gunner(Noun)
someone connected with Arsenal Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
gunner(Noun)
Artillery soldier, or such who holds private rank. Abbreviated Gnr.
gunner(Noun)
A person who operates a gun.
gunner(Noun)
An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition.
gunner(Noun)
A player on the kicking side whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner.
gunner(Noun)
A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.
Webster Dictionary
Gunner(noun)
one who works a gun, whether on land or sea; a cannoneer
Gunner(noun)
a warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel
Gunner(noun)
the great northern diver or loon. See Loon
Gunner(noun)
the sea bream
Freebase
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
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.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gunner in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gunner in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of gunner in a Sentence
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.
What it looked like to me was that he was a gunner on topof a Humvee.
Loading up on airplanes, C30s, the helicopters, what it looked like to me was that he was a gunner on topof a Humvee.
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?'.
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.
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