zamburakn.

/ˈzambʊrʌk/

Forms: Also zumbooruck, zumbooruk, zumboorak, zumbarak, zomboru(c)k, zamboorak, zamborouk, zambúrak.

Etymology: < Hindustani zambūrak, < Persian zambūr hornet. Compare Persian zemberek crossbow. N.E.D. (1921) enters this under the headword zumbooruk and gives the pronunciation as (zɒ·mburɒk) /ˈzʌmbʊrʌk/.

A small swivel-gun, esp. one mounted on the back of a camel.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > swivel-gun

swivel-gun1712

swivel1748

wall-piece1755

jingal1761

zamburak1825

pivot gun1831

1825 J. B. Fraser Journ. Khorasan 198 One or two shots from Zumboorucks dropping among them.

1863 R. F. Burton Abeokuta I. 75 East Indian jezails and zumbaraks.

1904 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 87/1 Rakish swivel-guns, bell-mouthed zumbooraks.

Derivatives

zumboorukchee n. a gunner.

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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