gunner

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(gŭn'ər) pronunciation
n.
  1. A member of the armed forces who operates a gun.
  2. A warrant officer in the U.S. Marine Corps having charge of ordnance.
  3. Chiefly British. An artillery soldier, especially a private.
  4. One who hunts with a gun.

A Marine warrant officer in the MOS 0306 Infantry Weapons Officer. The name is often given to all warrant officers but that is not correct. A person of this rank will replace the insignia of rank on his right collar with a bursting bomb insignia. See also "lipstick lieutenant". The name was also often given to an enlisted machine gunner (MOS 0331).

n. an earnest student. (Collegiate.)  The gunners in my algebra class always get the As.

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Military

  • Any individual operating an infantry support weapon, such as an artillery piece, anti-tank guided missile launcher or automatic grenade launcher
  • Gunner (rank), a rank equivalent to private in the British Royal Artillery and other Commonwealth artillery corps
  • A non-commissioned member of the British RAF Regiment
  • An air gunner, a.k.a. aerial gunner is a member of an air force aircrew who operates flexible-mount or turret-mounted machine guns or autocannons in an aircraft
  • A Chief Warrant Officer of the United States Marine Corps serving in the Military Occupation Specialty (MOS) 0306 (Infantry Weapons Officer)
  • A sailor responsible for a ship's cannons, artillery, ammunition, and related equipment, or a naval officer responsible for training the crew in their use
  • Formerly a gunnery Warrant Officer of the British Royal Navy or Royal Marines
  • The Gunners, a nickname for the British Royal Artillery
  • Gunner, nickname given to Indian Navy Gunnery Sailor or Gunnery Officer
  • "Guns", nickname given to Gunnery officer of a ship in the British Commonwealth tradition

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kanoner, konstabel, artillerist, maskingeværskytte

Nederlands (Dutch)
artillerist, konstabel, jager, studiebol

Français (French)
n. - (GB) canonnier (dans la marine), artilleur (dans l'armée)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Artillerist, Kanonier, (mar.) erster Geschützoffizier, Bordschütze, Jäger

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (στρατ.) πυροβολητής

Italiano (Italian)
artigliere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - artilheiro (m), caçador (m)

Русский (Russian)
артиллерист, стрелок, охотник

Español (Spanish)
n. - artillero, soldado de artillería

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skytt, jägare, kanonjär (mil.), artillerist (sjö.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
炮手, 带枪猎人, 炮长

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 炮手, 帶槍獵人, 炮長

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 포수, 총 사냥꾼

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 砲手, 照準手, 銃猟家

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المدفعي, الصائد ببندقيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תותחן, קצין תותחנים‬


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