Definition of Artilleryman

1. Noun. A serviceman in the artillery.

Exact synonyms: Cannoneer, Gunner, Machine Gunner
Generic synonyms: Man, Military Man, Military Personnel, Serviceman
Derivative terms: Cannon, Cannon, Cannon, Cannon, Gun

Definition of Artilleryman

1. n. A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing.

Definition of Artilleryman

1. Noun. A soldier enlisted in an artillery unit or who uses artillery. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Artilleryman

1. [n ARTILLERYMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Artilleryman

artificializing
artificially
artificially sweetened
artificialness
artificious
artilect
artilects
artilleries
artillerist
artillerists
artillery
artillery fire
artillery plant
artillery shell
artillery unit
artilleryman (current term)
artillerymen
artily
artiness
artinesses
artinite
artiodactyl
artiodactyl mammal
artiodactyla
artiodactyle
artiodactyles
artiodactylous
artiodactyls
artis
artisan

Literary usage of Artilleryman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Communists of Paris, 1871: Types--physiognomies--characters by Bertall (1873)
"The artilleryman before us is a Citizen Hero, whose familiarity with his Gun was acquired on the Buttes Montmartre and Chaumont. Though of the regular rank ..."

2. Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope by Hester Lucy Stanhope, Charles Lewis Meryon (1846)
"... expected post of artilleryman. Her ladyship, in several conversations, took great pains in acquainting me with all the material events that had occurred ..."

3. Life in the mission, the camp and the zenáná; or, Six years in India by Colin Mackenzie (1854)
"... Khan—Stoddart and Conolly—Persian Horse Dealer—Lights—Dust Storm—Nil Gao —Hot Winds—Unlucky Dream—Wounded artilleryman— ..."

4. Four Years Under Marse Robert by Robert Stiles (1903)
"... WILDERNESS Grant—His Rough Chivalry—His Imperturbable Grit—His Theory of Attrition—Its Effect Upon the Spirit of Lee's Army—An artilleryman of That Army ..."

5. Journal of a Diplomate's Three Years' Residence in Persia by Edward Backhouse Eastwick (1864)
"Novel Cure for the Bite of a Bug—Alarming State of Meshed— Arrest of an artilleryman, and gallant Act of Colonel Dolmage —The ..."

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