gunner

See also: Gunner

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English gonner; equivalent to gun +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌn.ɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌn.ə(ɹ)/
• Homophone: gonna (non-rhotic, based on the /ˈɡʌn.ə/ pronunciation)

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ʌnə(ɹ)

Noun

gunner (plural gunners)

1. (military) An artillery soldier, especially one who holds private rank.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) gnr

2. A person who operates a gun.
   1. (metalworking, construction) A riveter; someone who operates a rivet gun.

      

      Riveting team working on an aircraft cockpit shell. The gunner on the left operates an air-powered rivet gun, while the bucker on the right holds a bucking bar.

3. (figuratively) An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition.
4. (American football) A player on the kicking team whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner.
5. (UK, slang, soccer) A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.
6. The great northern diver or loon.
7. (UK, Ireland, dialect) The sea bream, especially Pagellus bogaraveo (blackspot sea bream)
8. (basketball) A player who can reliably shoot baskets.

Usage notes

In the literal sense, "gunner" almost always refers to someone manning a mounted or crew-served weapon, rather than a long gun or handgun.

Derived terms

• air gunner
• gunneress
• gunnership
• kiss the gunner's daughter
• machine-gunner
• quarter gunner
• rear gunner
• tail gunner

Descendants

• Cebuano: gunner

Translations

artillery soldier

• Bengali: গোলন্দাজ (bn) (gōlondaj)
• Bulgarian: артилерист m (artilerist)
• Catalan: artiller m
• French: artilleur (fr) m
• Hebrew: תותחן (he) m (totkhan)
• Hungarian: tüzér (hu)
• Irish: gunnadóir m
• Italian: artigliere (it) m
• Japanese: 砲兵 (ja) (hōhei), 砲手 (ja) (hōshu)
• Macedonian: артиле́рец m (artilérec), топчија m (topčija) (archaic)
• Norman: canonnyi m, artilleu m
• Polish: artylerzysta (pl) m, artylerzystka f
• Russian: артиллери́ст (ru) m (artilleríst), стрело́к (ru) m (strelók)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: طوپجی (topçu)

someone that operates a gun

• Esperanto: pafisto
• Hebrew: תותחן (he) m (totkhan)
• Japanese: 銃使い (jūtsukai)
• Macedonian: стрелец m (strelec)
• Polish: kanonier (pl) m
• Russian: стрело́к (ru) m (strelók)

a fan of Arsenal

• Polish: Kanonier (pl) m, Kanonierka f, Arsenalczyk m, Arsenalka f

Etymology 2

Contraction

gunner

1. (rare) Alternative spelling of gonna.

Etymology 3

Reborrowing from Cebuano gunner, ultimately from English gunner.

Noun

gunner (plural gunners)

1. (regional, Cebu, slang) The person designated to pour drinks in a drinking session.

Cebuano

Etymology

From shot (“a measure of alcohol”); the doer of a shot is a shooter, a gunner is a shooter.

Noun

gunner

1. the person designated to pour drinks in a drinking session
   • 2009 — Flores, Rick R., Lumon (03 February), Dinhi Sa Amo, Mindaviews, MindaNews

     P700,000 lang gyud daw ang IRA nila, matud ni Elvis, kay diha lang daw gyud taman ang badyet. […] "Uno iton?" (Unsa ni?) pangutana nako sa pulutan nga haskang itoma. "Pugita iton, long," tubag sa gunner — kanang tig-timon sa tagay. Gitilawan nako kay murag okey ug nahinumduman pod nako ang Dyerman ug si Manong Sasing. Puno ang nagabalikog nga kutsara, gisampolan nako ang pulutan.

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   • 2010 — Tidor, Gratian Paul R., Tagay (29 August)

     […] / sige ko ninyog gitagayan, pero wa ko ninyo hubga / maong wa ko nagmaoy, / […] / kay basin puhon / moabot ang panahon / sulod sa maong payag / ako nay gunner. /

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   • 2014 October 3, Maningo, Alcea, “Mga Bugalbugalon”, in SuperBalita Cebu:

     Miundang pagtagay si Hector kay siya may ‘gunner.’

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   • 2016 — Sumalinog, Vic, Ngano’ng Enero 1 Magsugod ang Bag-ong Tuig (31 December), Nunot sa Alisngaw sa Kape, Opinion, Mindanao Times

     Napugwat si JB ug nahunong sa iyang pagpangusisa sa ako dihang kalit mipataas sa iyang boses ang “gunner” sa inom ug nagkanayon, “Unsa na man mo Nong Vic, Bai JB, migamot na man ang inyong mga baso sa lamesa.

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Descendants

• → English: gunner

Middle English

Alternative forms

• goner, gonner, gunnare, gownere

Etymology

From gunne +‎ -er; compare Medieval Latin gunnārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuˈneːr/, /ˈɡunər/

Noun

gunner (plural gunners) (Late Middle English)

1. An operator of a cannon; an artilleryman.
2. An operator of a siege engine.
3. A maker of guns or cannons.

Descendants

• English: gunner
• Scots: gunner
• → Medieval Latin: gunnārius

Further reading

• “gǒnner, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 July 2018.

Spanish

Noun

gunner m or f by sense (plural gunners)

1. Gunner (someone associated with Arsenal Football Club)