单词 | munitioner |
释义 | munitionern. 1. A person who supplies military stores; a supply officer. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > officer in charge of stores storekeeper1618 munitioner1632 sub-conductor1778 storeman1859 storeholder1869 conductor1879 1632 P. Holland tr. Xenophon Cyrupædia 141 The order of the Pioners, merchants and trades-men, artizanes and munitioners. 1976 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 48 42 On several occasions, munitioners responsible for military provisioning sold small quantities of grain on the open market. 1989 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 49 193 Private entrepreneurs and munitioners foreshadowed those that would know, much later, a corn market that was liberated. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > others concerned with military affairs > [noun] > one in charge of ammunition munitioner1888 1888 J. Rodway & T. Watt Chronol. Hist. Guiana I. 9 By some accident the whole stock of gunpowder exploded. Juan Martinez, the munitioner, or Captain of Artillery, was charged with negligence. 3. = munitioneer n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > armourer > [noun] > one who makes artillery or firearms > one who makes ammunition munitionette1915 munitioneer1916 munition girl1916 munitioner1917 1917 Graphic 30 June 806 (caption) The King with his munitioners. 1919 Econ. Jrnl. 29 213 They left off buying clothes, and their abstention partly explains the magnificence of the girl munitioners. 1996 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 17 Feb. 1 With US President Bill Clinton as the top ‘munitioner’, Xinhua charged that his administration was actively fronting for American weapons manufacturers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1632 |
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