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单词 artilleryman
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artillerymann.

Brit. /ɑːˈtɪl(ə)rɪmən/, U.S. /ɑrˈtɪl(ə)rimən/
Inflections: Plural artillerymen.
Forms: see artillery n. and man n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: artillery n., man n.1
Etymology: < artillery n. + man n.1 Compare earlier artiller n., artillour n.
A member of an artillery unit; a gunner. Also: a person engaged in the development of artillery.
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bombardier1562
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artilleryman?1566
engineer1569
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zumboorukchee1840
culverineer1881
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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > artilleryman
gunner1344
cannoner1517
bombardier1562
cannoneer1562
artilleryman?1566
engineer1569
artillerist1579
bombarder1583
topchee1623
fireman1625
pyrobolist1696
zumboorukchee1840
culverineer1881
red-leg1890
gun1896
mud hog1918
?1566 J. Alday tr. P. Boaistuau Theatrum Mundi iii. sig. S.iij An Artillerie man [Fr. vn Ferrarois] hath founde in our time the inuention to make Gunpouder that maketh no noyse in goyng out of the Gunnes mouth.
1619 J. Chamberlain Let. 24 Apr. (1939) II. 233 On Tewsday night our artillerie men made them a great supper there, with a warlike daunce or maske of twelve men in compleat armor.
1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. xvi. 86 Artillery men, though..nimble with false fires, are not immediately compleated into true-Souldiers.
1673 T. Jordan London in Splendor 7 The Company of Artillery-men..; they being all in their Accomplishments of Gallantry, as Souldiers.
1703 London Gaz. No. 3935/2 Four Companies of Artillery-men.
1797 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. cxxxix I want..two or three artillerymen to fix the fusees.
1855 W. H. Russell War II. xv The artillerymen of our allies suddenly ceased, in order to let their guns cool.
1885 Cent. Mag. July 450/2 I noticed an artilleryman seated comfortably behind a very large tree.
1940 Illustr. London News 20 Jan. 75/1 This drawing shows a gun-howitzer..—in the development of which British artillerymen have played a leading part.
1976 Mod. Asian Stud. 10 207 The artillerymen had four howitzers, four mortars and three rocket tubes.
2003 New Yorker 30 June 56/2 The United States Central Command.., led by an Old Army artilleryman from Texas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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