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artillerist|ɑːˈtɪlərɪst| [f. artillery + -ist.] 1. One who studies the principles of gunnery.
1778Pringle Gunnery 17 A treatise was published by one of our own artillerists. 1871Tyndall Fragm. Sc. I. x. 308 A widely spread opinion among artillerists. 2. A gunner, an artilleryman.
1781G. Clinton in Sparks Corr. Amer. Rev. (1853) III. 230 The want of some artillerists and field-artillery..was an evident disadvantage. 1870Daily News 2 Dec., We lost one gun, whose artillerists and horses were all killed. |