English

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Artillerists.

Etymology

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From artillery +‎ -ist.

Noun

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artillerist (plural artillerists)

  1. (military) A person who operates artillery.
    • 1876, John Esten Cooke, A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee[1]:
      Pelham was, in spite of his youth, an artillerist of the first order of excellence, and his loss was a serious one, in spite of his inferior rank.
    • 1898, William Elliot Griffis, Charles Carleton Coffin[2]:
      The experiments were not very satisfactory. Mr. Coffin, perhaps, possibly, because he was not a skilled artillerist, had the mortifying experience of seeing the apparatus in front of his cannon blown into fragments, but he made notes of the other reports.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Possibly borrowed. Equivalent to artillerie +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɑr.tɪ.ləˈrɪst/
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  • Hyphenation: ar‧til‧le‧rist
  • Rhymes: -ɪst

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artillerist m (plural artilleristen, diminutive artilleristje n)

  1. artillerist

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Artillerist. By surface analysis, artilleri +‎ -ist.

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artillerist c

  1. artillerist

Declension

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Declension of artillerist 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative artillerist artilleristen artillerister artilleristerna
Genitive artillerists artilleristens artilleristers artilleristernas

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