gunner

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English gonner; equivalent to gun +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

gunner (plural gunners)

  1. (military) An artillery soldier, especially one who holds private rank.
    Synonym: (abbreviation) gnr
  2. A person who operates a gun.
  3. (figuratively) An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition.
  4. (American football) A player on the kicking team whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner.
  5. (UK, slang, soccer) A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.
  6. The great northern diver or loon.
  7. (UK, Ireland, dialect) The sea bream, especially Pagellus bogaraveo (blackspot sea bream)
  8. (basketball) A player who can reliably shoot baskets.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Cebuano: gunner
Translations

Etymology 2

Contraction

gunner

  1. (rare) Alternative spelling of gonna

Etymology 3

Reborrowing from Cebuano gunner, ultimately from English gunner.

Noun

gunner (plural gunners)

  1. (regional, Cebu, slang) The person designated to pour drinks in a drinking session.

Cebuano

Etymology

From shot (“a measure of alcohol”); the doer of a shot is a shooter, a gunner is a shooter.

Noun

gunner

  1. the person designated to pour drinks in a drinking session

Quotations

Descendants

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From gunne +‎ -er; compare Medieval Latin gunnārius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡuˈneːr/, /ˈɡunər/

Noun

gunner (plural gunners) (Late Middle English)

  1. An operator of a cannon; an artilleryman.
  2. An operator of a siege engine.
  3. A maker of guns or cannons.

Descendants

Further reading

Spanish

Noun

gunner m or f by sense (plural gunners)

  1. Gunner (someone associated with Arsenal Football Club)
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