weaponeern.

/wɛpəˈnɪə/

Etymology: < weapon n. + -eer suffix¹.

U.S.

a. One who has charge of a weapon of war prior to its deployment. Originally used spec. of nuclear weapons.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > one in charge of arms > [noun]

armourer1753

weaponeer1945

1945 in Amer. Speech (1947) 22 149/2 Here are the names of the Superfortress crew which carried the atomic bomb to Japan... Naval observer and ‘weaponeer’, Capt. William S. Parsons.

1952 Word Study Feb. 4/1 United States atomic weaponeers probably will set off the world's greatest explosion within the next few days.

b. An expert or specialist in the development of weapons of war.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > armourer > [noun] > weapons expert

weaponeer1979

1979 New Yorker 13 Aug. 67/1 Robert Wilson..head of experimental physics at Los Alamos; Philip Morrison, who had gone..to take care of the bombs..; Richard Feynman, who had been in charge of one of the computing sections... I fitted in with this bunch of weaponeers.

1982 Christian Sci. Monitor 22 June 22/1 Probably the most interesting to the weaponeers of the great powers was the testing of US vs. Soviet fighter planes.

Derivatives

weapoˈneering n. the development and production of weapons of war.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun]

fixing1605

armoury1716

weapon-making1936

weaponeering1955

1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Sept. 239/3 Nearly half of our expenditure for research and development each year goes to weaponeering.

1960 N.Y. Times Mag. 29 May 20 You must..make those essential advances in the state of the weaponeering art which will most intercept any possible aggression by any potential enemy.

1976 Aviation Week 19 Jan. 54/1 It's easier to conceptualize bombs, weaponeering and ‘hard kill’ missiles than the wizardry of electronic detection and countermeasures equipment.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	weaponeer
释义	weaponeern. /wɛpəˈnɪə/ Etymology: < weapon n. + -eer suffix¹. U.S. a. One who has charge of a weapon of war prior to its deployment. Originally used spec. of nuclear weapons. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > one in charge of arms > [noun] armourer1753 weaponeer1945 1945 in Amer. Speech (1947) 22 149/2 Here are the names of the Superfortress crew which carried the atomic bomb to Japan... Naval observer and ‘weaponeer’, Capt. William S. Parsons. 1952 Word Study Feb. 4/1 United States atomic weaponeers probably will set off the world's greatest explosion within the next few days. b. An expert or specialist in the development of weapons of war. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > armourer > [noun] > weapons expert weaponeer1979 1979 New Yorker 13 Aug. 67/1 Robert Wilson..head of experimental physics at Los Alamos; Philip Morrison, who had gone..to take care of the bombs..; Richard Feynman, who had been in charge of one of the computing sections... I fitted in with this bunch of weaponeers. 1982 Christian Sci. Monitor 22 June 22/1 Probably the most interesting to the weaponeers of the great powers was the testing of US vs. Soviet fighter planes. Derivatives weapoˈneering n. the development and production of weapons of war. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun] fixing1605 armoury1716 weapon-making1936 weaponeering1955 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Sept. 239/3 Nearly half of our expenditure for research and development each year goes to weaponeering. 1960 N.Y. Times Mag. 29 May 20 You must..make those essential advances in the state of the weaponeering art which will most intercept any possible aggression by any potential enemy. 1976 Aviation Week 19 Jan. 54/1 It's easier to conceptualize bombs, weaponeering and ‘hard kill’ missiles than the wizardry of electronic detection and countermeasures equipment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1945
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