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bombardier|bɒm-, bʌmbəˈdɪə(r)|
[a. F. bombardier, f. bombard: see bombard and -ier.]
†1. A soldier in charge of a bombard, an artilleryman. Obs. or arch.
1560Whitehorne Arte Warre (1573) 82 Smithes, Masons, Ingeners, Bombardiers. 1611Cotgr., Bombardier, a bombardier or gunner that vseth to discharge murthering peeces; and, more generally, any gunner. 1691Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) II. 292 Our bombardeers are to practice the throwing bombs on ship board. 1709Tatler No. 88 ⁋3 The bombardier tosses his balls into the midst of a city. 1779G. Smith Milit. Dict. 1836Marryat Midsh. Easy xxxix, Her two brothers are lieutenants in the bombardiers.
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†a. in 17th and 18th c.: One of the master-gunner's men, employed more especially about the mortars and howitzers. Obs.
1688List of (Jas. II's) Artillery Train, Firemaster to Trayne, Chief Bombardier, 12 Bombardiers, Chief Petardier, 4 Petardiers. 1746Rep. Cond. Sir J. Cope 55 He gave the Witness a Bombardeer and four Gunners. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1789) Y y iij b, He has also the command of the gunners, matrosses, and bombardiers. [1855Sargent Braddock's Exped. 136 A matross is an artillery soldier of a rank inferior to the bombardier or gunner.]
b. In the British army: A non-commissioned officer in the artillery. Several are attached to each battery of artillery.
1844Queen's Regul. Ord. Army 4, Bombardiers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery rank as Corporals.
c. A bomb-aimer in an aircraft. U.S.
1932in H. I. T. Creswell et al. Dict. Mil. Terms 55. 1942 Time 2 Feb. 35/2 At 30,000 feet, flying 200 m.p.h., a bombardier at best has only about 60 seconds in which to locate his target.
†3. A bomb-ship. Obs.
1686Lond. Gaz. No. 2142/2, 20 Men of War, 2 Fire-Ships and 3 Bombardiers.
4. Comb., as bombardier beetle, a genus of beetles (especially Brachinus crepitans) which, when irritated, eject fluid with a sharp report and blue vapour; † bombardier-galliot, a kind of bomb-vessel.
1802Bingley Anim. Biog. (1813) III. 147 The bombardier, or exploding beetle..When it is touched, we are surprised with a noise resembling the discharge of a musket in miniature, during which a blue smoke may be seen to proceed from its extremity. 1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. iv. i. 214 The..Bombardier Beetles discharge a still more offensive fluid. 1805Chron. in Ann. Reg. 391/2 A large flotilla..of Bomba[r]dier galliots, gun sloops and flat bottomed vessels completely armed. |