单词 | cannoner |
释义 | cannonern. Originally Scottish. An artilleryman who is responsible for the laying and firing of cannon or heavy artillery; = cannoneer n. ΘΚΠ 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 1517 Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes XXIX. f. 174, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) That Robert Borthuik and sex canoneris sall..remane in the said castell for the defens tharof. 1562–3 Act 5 Elizabeth I c. 5 §5 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 424 Gunners commonly called Canoners. 1591 G. Clayton Approoued Order Martiall Discipline i. 7 The Master Gunner must be a man of great experience in that science in all pointes, placing and appointing such men vnder him to bee Cannoners, as haue like experience. 1614 in J. R. N. Macphail Highland Papers (1920) III. 158 He being furneist with some cannonis and cannonaris. 1710 Daily Courant 26 May 1/2 The Swedes had 1 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, 2 Canoners and 20 Soldiers kill'd. 1899 Butte (Montana) Weekly Miner 2 Mar. In the naval bombardment the guns were used to drive away the enemy's cannoners. 2009 Topeka (Kansas) Capital-Jrnl. (Nexis) 19 Jan. a1 We tell people in a down economy to do what I was told as an Army cannoner—adjust broadly in order to zero in. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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