Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gunner"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gunner \Gun"ner\, n.
1. One who works a gun, whether on land or sea; a cannoneer.
2. A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the
ordnance on a vessel.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The great northern diver or loon. See {Loon}.
(b) The sea bream. [Prov. Eng. or Irish]
{Gunner's daughter}, the gun to which men or boys were lashed
for punishment. [Sailor's slang] --W. C. Russell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gunner
n : a serviceman in the artillery [syn: {artilleryman}, {cannoneer},
{machine gunner}]
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