artillerist
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
artillerist (plural artillerists)
- (military) A person who operates artillery.
- 1876, John Esten Cooke, A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee[1]:
- Pelham was, in spite of his youth, an artillerist of the first order of excellence, and his loss was a serious one, in spite of his inferior rank.
- 1898, William Elliot Griffis, Charles Carleton Coffin[2]:
- The experiments were not very satisfactory. Mr. Coffin, perhaps, possibly, because he was not a skilled artillerist, had the mortifying experience of seeing the apparatus in front of his cannon blown into fragments, but he made notes of the other reports.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
artilleryman — see artilleryman
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly borrowed. Equivalent to artillerie + -ist.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
artillerist m (plural artilleristen, diminutive artilleristje n)
Derived terms[edit]
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