gunner
See also: Gunner
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English gonner; equivalent to gun + -er.
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌnə(ɹ)
Noun
gunner (plural gunners)
- (military) Artillery soldier, or such who holds private rank. Abbreviated Gnr.
- A person who operates a gun.
- (figuratively) An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition.
- (American football) A player on the kicking team whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner.
- (UK, slang, soccer) A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.
- The great northern diver or loon.
- (UK, Ireland, dialect) The sea bream, especially Pagellus bogaraveo (blackspot sea bream)
- (basketball) A player who can reliably shoot baskets.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Cebuano: gunner
Translations
artillery soldier
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someone that operates a gun
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a fan of Arsenal
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Etymology 2
Contraction
gunner
Etymology 3
Reborrowing from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Cebuano gunner, ultimately from English gunner.
Noun
gunner (plural gunners)
Cebuano
Etymology
From shot (“a measure of alcohol”); the doer of a shot is a shooter, a gunner is a shooter.
Noun
gunner
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:gunner.
Descendants
- → English: gunner
Middle English
Noun
gunner
- Alternative form of gonner
Spanish
Noun
gunner m or f (plural gunners)
- Gunner (someone associated with Arsenal Football Club)
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