petardiern.
/pəˈtɑːdɪə/, /ˌpɛtəˈdɪə/, U.S. /ˌpɛdərˈdiər/, /pəˈtɑrdiər/ Now rare (chiefly historical).
A soldier in charge of a petard.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > one who lays or operates mines or bombs > [noun]
mine master1598
petarder1611
petardier1632
miner1692
springer1860
explosionist1868
dynamitard1882
dynamitist1882
dynamiter1883
dynamiteur1883
bomb-thrower1891
bomber1915
car bomber1919
letter bomber1947
firebomber1957
plastiqueur1961
1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) A Petardier, petardier.
1644 Establishm. Bristol in Archaeologia (1803) 14 126 The Petardier or Engineer for Fireworks.
1662 in Cal. State Papers Irel. 1669–70 425 Establishment of H.M. Train of Artillery in Ireland... The master gunner, fire master and petardeer (in one person).
1715 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 1 Apr. 126 236 Wages to the..Firemasters, Fireworkers, Petardiers, Bombardiers &c. daily attendant and imployed in the Office at the Tower [etc.].
1782 J. Callander Mil. Maxims 139 The petardeer having been killed by a centinel.., I was..obliged to fix the Petard myself.
1991 Roll Call (Nexis) 4 Mar. Just two weeks later, the feisty National Mortgage News rolled a grenade under the daily newspaper's petardiers.
1995 Past & Present No. 147. 90 The first of the detailed options offered to the luckless petardiers (their mortality rate was high).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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