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munitioneer|mjuːnɪʃəˈnɪə(r)|
[f. munition n. + -eer.]
A worker in a munition factory.
1916E. V. Lucas Vermilion Box 254 In the need for copper there is quite a good price for engraved plates, and theirs have been weeded out for the munitioneers. 1919Athenæum 23 May 360/1 ‘Trinitrotoluene’, which the munitioneers shortened to T.N.T. 1927W. Deeping Kitty xxvii. 342 The men..returned to a land that was not full of heroes... The voice of the yellow dog was heard in it, the snarl of the ex-munitioneer. 1940New Statesman 19 Oct. 376 The munitioneer can see no difference in the management or control of his factory. |