Definition of Gunners

1. Proper noun. (British) A nickname for The w:Arsenal F.C. Arsenal football club [ ¹

2. Noun. (plural of gunner) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gunners

1. gunner [n] - See also: gunner

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gunners

gunmen
gunmetal
gunmetal-grey
gunmetals
gunna
gunnage
gunnages
gunned
gunnel
gunnels
gunnen
gunner
gunnera
gunneras
gunneries
gunners (current term)
gunnery
gunnery sergeant
gunnie
gunnies
gunning
gunningite
gunnings
gunny
gunny cloth
gunny sack
gunnybag
gunnybags
gunnysack
gunnysacks

Literary usage of Gunners

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

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"This is secured partly by the adoption of a light type of gun, partly by carrying the gunners on horseback instead of on the carriage. ..."

2. The Gunner's Examiner by Harold Edward Cloke (1908)
"SCHEDULES FOR EXAMINATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR gunners. ... The examination of candidates for first-class gunners of organizations assigned exclusively to ..."

3. The Civil War in Song and Story, 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"The m?n and gunners dismounted, leaving their horses and guns. Our artillery soon got the range with more precision, and the shell and round shot ricocheted ..."

4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"The Spanish gunners were frequently driven away by the shower of large and small shot that fell inside of the fortifications, but always returned and worked ..."

5. Papers Relating to the Navy During the Spanish War, 1585-1587 by Julian Stafford Corbett (1898)
"I the outbreak of the war they had already learned to regard themselves as the best naval gunners in Europe. Englishmen, says Bourne, were accounted good ..."

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