gunner
See also: Gunner
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English gonner; equivalent to gun + -er.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌn.ɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌn.ə(ɹ)/
- Homophones: gonna (non-rhotic accents)
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌnə(ɹ)
Noun edit
gunner (plural gunners)
- (military) An artillery soldier, especially one who holds private rank.
- Synonym: (abbreviation) gnr
- A person who operates a gun.
- (figuratively) An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition.
- (American football) A player on the kicking team whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner.
- (UK, slang, soccer) A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.
- The great northern diver or loon.
- (UK, Ireland, dialect) The sea bream, especially Pagellus bogaraveo (blackspot sea bream)
- (basketball) A player who can reliably shoot baskets.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Cebuano: gunner
Translations edit
artillery soldier
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someone that operates a gun
a fan of Arsenal
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Etymology 2 edit
Contraction edit
gunner
Etymology 3 edit
Reborrowing from Cebuano gunner, ultimately from English gunner.
Noun edit
gunner (plural gunners)
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From shot (“a measure of alcohol”); the doer of a shot is a shooter, a gunner is a shooter.
Noun edit
gunner
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:gunner.
Descendants edit
- → English: gunner
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From gunne + -er; compare Medieval Latin gunnārius.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gunner (plural gunners) (Late Middle English)
- An operator of a cannon; an artilleryman.
- An operator of a siege engine.
- A maker of guns or cannons.
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “gǒnner, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-23.
Spanish edit
Noun edit
gunner m or f by sense (plural gunners)
- Gunner (someone associated with Arsenal Football Club)