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pontoneer, -ier Mil.|pɒntəʊˈnɪə(r)|
Also pontooneer, -ier.
[ad. F. pontonnier (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.):—med.L. pontōnārius (855 in Du Cange) a ferryman, f. ponto, -ōnem pontoon: see -eer1.]
One who has charge of pontoons, or of the construction of a pontoon-bridge.
1830Maunder Dict., Pontonier, a constructer of pontoons. 1853Sir H. Douglas Milit. Bridges (ed. 3) 130 With an expert corps of artificers and pontoneers, such boats might very soon be put together. 1864Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xvii. vii. (1872) VII. 71 We had with us..only Four Pontoneers, or trained Bridge-builders. 1884Century Mag. XXIX. 280 The drilled engineers and pontoniers of the regular army. |