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)/
• Homophone: gonna (non-rhotic, based on the /ˈɡʌn.ə/ pronunciation)

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ʌnə(ɹ)

Noun

gunner (plural gunners)

1. (military) An artillery soldier, especially one who holds private rank.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) 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. (UK, slang, soccer) A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.
6. The great northern diver or loon.
7. (UK, Ireland, dialect) The sea bream, especially Pagellus bogaraveo (blackspot sea bream)
8. (basketball) A player who can reliably shoot baskets.

Usage notes

In the literal sense, "gunner" almost always refers to someone manning a mounted or crew-served weapon, rather than a long gun or handgun.

Derived terms

• air gunner
• gunneress
• gunnership
• kiss the gunner's daughter
• machine-gunner
• quarter gunner
• rear gunner
• tail gunner

Descendants

• Cebuano: gunner

Translations

artillery soldier

• Bengali: গোলন্দাজ (bn) (gōlondaj)
• 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
• Japanese: 砲兵 (ja) (hōhei), 砲手 (ja) (hōshu)
• Macedonian: артиле́рец m (artilérec), топчија m (topčija) (archaic)
• Norman: canonnyi m, artilleu m
• Ottoman Turkish: طوپجی (topçu)
• Russian: артиллери́ст (ru) m (artilleríst), стрело́к (ru) m (strelók)

someone that operates a gun

• Esperanto: pafisto
• Hebrew: תותחן (he) m (totkhan)
• Japanese: 銃使い (jūtsukai)
• Macedonian: стрелец m (strelec)
• 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.

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• goner, gonner, gunnare, gownere

Etymology

From gunne +‎ -er; compare Medieval Latin gunnārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuˈneːr/, /ˈɡunər/

Noun

gunner (plural gunners) (Late Middle English)

1. An operator of a cannon; an artilleryman.
2. An operator of a siege engine.
3. A maker of guns or cannons.

Descendants

• English: gunner
• Scots: gunner
• → Medieval Latin: gunnārius

Further reading

• “gǒnner, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-23.

Spanish

Noun

gunner m or f by sense (plural gunners)

1. Gunner (someone associated with Arsenal Football Club)