bunker bustern.
/ˈbʌŋkə ˌbʌstə/, U.S. /ˈbəŋkər ˌbəstər/ colloquial.
1. U.S. Golf (humorous). A golfer. rare.In later use an independent re-formation after sense 2.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > player
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bunker buster1930
1930 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 27 Oct. 11/4 The climax will come in January when the bunker-busters warm up at Agua Caliente for $25,000.
2003 Orlando Sentinel 4 June d9 Golf Confidential's lead bunker buster was shooting the breeze with a pal about the crazy 2003 season the other day.
2.
a. A member of a military unit with a mission to destroy or capture enemy bunkers. rare.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > others
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bunker buster1944
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1944 Ames (Iowa) Daily Tribune 6 Dec. 5/1 A crew of American ‘bunker-busters’..have won their first skirmish.
b. A missile or other weapon designed or intended to penetrate and destroy a military bunker.
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1953 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 8 May 7/1 Most rounds were bunker busters, but much shooting supported patrols or discouraged enemy activity close to Canadian lines.
1985 Def. & Foreign Affairs May 29/2 The Aerospatiale As-30 air-to-ground laser-guided ‘bunker buster’ missile.
2003 New Scientist 22 Nov. 4/2 Modifying existing weapons..into ‘earth penetrators’ or bunker-busters could..make their use in battle more likely.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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