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bombardier
bom·bar·dier B0378100 (bŏm′bər-dîr′)n.1. A member of a combat aircraft crew who operates the bombsight and drops the bombs.2. Chiefly British A noncommissioned artillery officer.3. Archaic A soldier in the artillery.
[French, from Old French bombarde, bombard; see bombard.]bombardier (ˌbɒmbəˈdɪə) n1. (Military) the member of a bomber aircrew responsible for aiming and releasing the bombs2. (Military) Brit a noncommissioned rank below the rank of sergeant in the Royal Artillery3. (Animals) Also called: bombardier beetle any of various small carabid beetles of the genus Brachinus, esp B. crepitans of Europe, which defend themselves by ejecting a jet of volatile fluid[C16: from Old French: one directing a bombard; see bombard]
Bombardier (ˌbɒmbəˈdɪə) n (Automotive Engineering) trademark Canadian a snow tractor, typically having caterpillar tracks at the rear and skis at the front[C20: named after J. A. Bombardier, Canadian inventor and manufacturer]bom•bar•dier (ˌbɒm bərˈdɪər, -bə-)
n. 1. the crew member of a bombing plane who operates the bombsight and the bomb-release mechanism. 2. Archaic. artilleryman. [1550–60; < Middle French] bombardier - First denoted a soldier in charge of a bombard, an early form of cannon.See also related terms for soldier.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  bombardier - a noncommissioned officer in the British artilleryenlisted officer, noncom, noncommissioned officer - a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel | | 2. | bombardier - the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the targetbomber aircrew, bomber crew - the crew of a bomberaircrewman - a member of an aircrew |
TranslationsBombardier
bombardier any of various small carabid beetles of the genus Brachinus, esp B. crepitans of Europe, which defend themselves by ejecting a jet of volatile fluid
Bombardier™ Canadian a snow tractor, typically having caterpillar tracks at the rear and skis at the front Bombardier a military rank introduced in the 1680’s for artillerists among Peter the Great’s “boy-soldiers” (poteshnye). Since the late eighteenth century the term “bombardier” has designated a rank-and-file artillerist operating and servicing bombardment weapons (mortars, howitzers, and edinorogs [cannons cast in a form resembling a unicorn’s horn]); later, the term denoted a soldier’s rank (also bombardiergunner, bombardier-technician, bombardier-observer) in the artillery units of the Russian Army, corresponding to the rank of private first class in the infantry. AcronymsSeeBMBDRbombardier
Related to bombardier: bombardier beetleWords related to bombardiernoun a noncommissioned officer in the British artilleryRelated Words- enlisted officer
- noncom
- noncommissioned officer
noun the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the targetRelated Words- bomber aircrew
- bomber crew
- aircrewman
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