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1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans I. 17 Prithee fellow; its one of thy lies, replied the mortarman.

1952 G. E. Thornton Handbk. Weapon Training x. 109 The auxiliaries are placed in position by the mortarman's assistant, who works backwards in co-operation with the mortarman.

1991 Combat & Survival Mag. Nov. 13/3 As a former mortar man, I know only too well how frustrating it can be to quickly work out the numerous calculations needed to send a bomb from A to B.

1544–5 in P.R.O. E101/504 (Publ. Rec. Office) No. 2. f. 106^v Mortermen.

1558 in R. K. Hannay Rentale Dunkeldense (1915) 359 To tua mortur men xviij d. on the day.

1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα iv. xvi. 513 While Ministers preach..with divided tongues,..they are likely to produce no better successes..than those..morter-men did, whose work deserved the nick-name of Babel.

1745 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 213/1 On Castle building... The plodding dull material mortar-man, spends half his life adjusting of his plan.