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cannoneer|kænəˈnɪə(r)|
Also 6– cannonier.
[a. F. canonnier = It. cannoniere, Sp. cañonero, Pg. canhoneiro: see cannon and -eer1.]
An artilleryman who manages the laying and firing of a cannon; a gunner.
1562Act 5 Eliz. v. §12 Gunners, commonly called Canoneers. 1590Marlowe 2nd pt. Tamburl. iii. iii. ad fin., To save our cannoneers from musket-shot. 1591Garrard Art Warre 303 The Cannoniers ought to be readie. 1674Wallis in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) II. 588 Practical cannoneers..find the random of a bullet very different from the parabola. 1795in Nicolas Disp. Nelson (1846) VII. Introd. 77 Ordnance stores for the siege, and cannoniers. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 244 The Irish cannoneers stood gallantly to their pieces.
Hence cannoˈneering vbl. n., management of cannon; cannonading.
1756Burke Vind. Nat. Soc. Wks. I. 31 The present perfection of gunnery, cannoneering, bombarding, mining, and all these species of artificial..cruelty. |