topcheen.
/ˈtəʊptʃiː/ A term used in the former Ottoman Empire for: a gunner or artilleryman.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > artilleryman
gunner1344
bombardier1562
cannoneer1562
artilleryman?1566
engineer1569
artillerist1579
bombarder1583
topchee1623
fireman1625
zumboorukchee1840
culverineer1881
red-leg1890
gun1896
horse gunner1896
society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > artilleryman
gunner1344
cannoner1517
bombardier1562
cannoneer1562
artilleryman?1566
engineer1569
artillerist1579
bombarder1583
topchee1623
fireman1625
pyrobolist1696
zumboorukchee1840
culverineer1881
red-leg1890
gun1896
mud hog1918
1623 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 234 They delivered mee..into the hands of the Topagee.
1668 P. Rycaut Present State Ottoman Empire (new ed.) iii. x. 200 The Toptchi. These are Gunners, called so from the word Tope, which in Turkish signifies a Cannon.
1828 J. B. Fraser Kuzzilbash I. 337 The men..bore down like lightning on the topechees.
1854 R. Curzon Armenia 73 He brought four guns with him, and a number of topgis, or gunners, to work these instruments of destruction.
1892 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) Suppl. 502/1 Topdjis, militia artillerymen in Turkey.
1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 620 Topgeys, the term for Turkish artillerymen or gunners. Also written topgis.
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