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Definition of Cannoneer
1. Noun. A serviceman in the artillery.
Generic synonyms: Man, Military Man, Military Personnel, Serviceman
Derivative terms: Cannon, Cannon, Cannon, Cannon, Gun
Definition of Cannoneer
1. n. A man who manages, or fires, cannon.
Definition of Cannoneer
1. Noun. (context: military) A person who tends and operates a piece of artillery, especially a cannon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cannoneer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cannoneer
Literary usage of Cannoneer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bugle-echoes: A Collection of Poems of the Civil War, Northern and Southern by Francis Fisher Browne (1886)
"JUST as the spring came laughing through the strife, With all its gorgeous cheer,
In the bright April of historic life, Fell the great cannoneer. ..."
2. Every Day in the Year: A Poetical Epitome of the World's History by James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford (1902)
"Just as the spring came laughing through the strife, With all its gorgeous cheer,
In the bright April of historic life, Fell the great cannoneer. ..."
3. Napoleon; a History of the Art of War by Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1907)
"... if you could go to Landshut, it would be preferable, but strive to go to
Moosburg," the emperor wrote, — while he Bavarian cannoneer, Mounted Artillery. ..."
4. Underground: Gambling and Its Horrors. by Thomas Wallace Knox (1876)
"THE PENITENT AND cannoneer. AFTER the shafts have been completed and the levels
opened in the mines, the work may be said to be fairly under way. ..."
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