单词 | artilleryman |
释义 | artillerymann. A member of an artillery unit; a gunner. Also: a person engaged in the development of artillery. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > artilleryman gunner1344 bombardier1562 cannoneer1562 artilleryman?1566 engineer1569 artillerist1579 bombarder1583 topchee1623 fireman1625 zumboorukchee1840 culverineer1881 red-leg1890 gun1896 horse gunner1896 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). < n.?1566 |
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