单词 | weaponeer |
释义 | weaponeer in British English (ˌwɛpəˈnɪə) noun a person associated with the use or maintenance of weapons, esp nuclear weapons weaponeer in American English (ˌwɛpəˈnɪr) US noun an expert in the design and production of weapons, esp. nuclear weapons weaponeer in American English (ˌwepəˈnɪər) noun 1. Military a person who prepares an atomic bomb for detonation 2. a person who designs nuclear weapons Word origin [1945; weapon + -eer]-eer is a noun-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from French (buccaneer; mutineer; pioneer) and productive in the formation of English nouns denoting persons who produce, handle,or are otherwise significantly associated with the referent of the base word (auctioneer; engineer; mountaineer; pamphleteer); now frequently pejorative (profiteer; racketeer) |
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