gunner

See also: Gunner

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English gonner; equivalent to gun +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌn.ɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌn.ə(ɹ)/
• Homophones: gonna (non-rhotic accents)

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• Rhymes: -ʌnə(ɹ)

Noun

gunner (plural gunners)

1. (military) Artillery soldier, or such who holds private rank. Abbreviated Gnr.
2. A person who operates a gun.
3. (figuratively) An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition.
4. (American football) A player on the kicking team whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner.
5. (Britain, slang, soccer) A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.
6. The great northern diver or loon.
7. (Britain, Ireland, dialect) The sea bream, especially Pagellus bogaraveo (blackspot sea bream)
8. (basketball) A player who can reliably shoot baskets.

Derived terms

• kiss the gunner's daughter

Descendants

• Cebuano: gunner

Translations

artillery soldier

• Bulgarian: артилерист m (artilerist)
• Catalan: artiller m
• French: artilleur (fr) m
• Hebrew: תותחן‎ (he) m (totkhan)
• Hungarian: tüzér (hu)

• Irish: gunnadóir m
• Italian: artigliere (it) m
• Norman: canonnyi m, artilleu m
• Russian: артиллери́ст (ru) m (artilleríst), стрело́к (ru) m (strelók)

someone that operates a gun

• Esperanto: pafisto

• Hebrew: תותחן‎ (he) m (totkhan)
• Russian: стрело́к (ru) m (strelók)

a fan of Arsenal

• Polish: Kanonier (pl) m, Kanonierka f, Arsenalczyk m, Arsenalka f

Etymology 2

Contraction

gunner

1. (rare) Alternative spelling of gonna

Etymology 3

Reborrowing from Cebuano gunner, ultimately from English gunner.

Noun

gunner (plural gunners)

1. (regional, Cebu, slang) The person designated to pour drinks in a drinking session.

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Cebuano

Etymology

From shot (“a measure of alcohol”); the doer of a shot is a shooter, a gunner is a shooter.

Noun

gunner

1. the person designated to pour drinks in a drinking session

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:gunner.

Descendants

• → English: gunner

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Middle English

Noun

gunner

1. Alternative form of gonner

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Spanish

Noun

gunner m or f (plural gunners)

1. Gunner (someone associated with Arsenal Football Club)