Definition of Cannoneers

1. Noun. (plural of cannoneer) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cannoneers

1. cannoneer [n] - See also: cannoneer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cannoneers

cannon sound
cannon wave
cannonade
cannonaded
cannonades
cannonading
cannonball
cannonball along
cannonball pulse
cannonballed
cannonballing
cannoned
cannoneer
cannoneering
cannoneers (current term)
cannoning
cannonite
cannonlike
cannonries
cannonry
cannons
cannot
cannot but
canns
cannula
cannulae
cannular
cannulas
cannulate

Literary usage of Cannoneers

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

1. A Soldier's Recollections: Leaves from the Diary of a Young Confederate by Randolph Harrison McKim (1910)
"But for the heroism of those Maryland cannoneers serving the gun on the bridge and the other near by, Milroy's infantry must have broken through and escaped ..."

2. Instructions for Mountain Artillery by United States War Dept, United States, War Dept (1851)
"POSTS OF THE cannoneers AND DRIVERS. 269. During the manoeuvres, the cannoneers and drivers are at their posts about the piece and ammunition chests, ..."

3. The Cabinet History of England, Civil, Military and Ecclesiastical: From the by Charles MacFarlane (1851)
"Henriot, who had been consulting within, and assuring the outlaws that their triumph was secure, that the cannoneers were steady, ..."

4. National Service Library edited by Charles Evans Kilbourne (1917)
"On the march in the field the cannoneers are usually mounted on the chests, ... In horse batteries everyone is mounted; the cannoneers, except the horse ..."

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