Crossword clues for cannoneer
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cannoneer \Can`non*eer"\, Cannonier \Can`non*ier"\, n. [F. canonnier.] A man who manages, or fires, cannon.
Wiktionary
n. (context military English) A person who tends and operates a piece of artillery, especially a cannon.
WordNet
n. a serviceman in the artillery [syn: artilleryman, gunner, machine gunner]
Wikipedia
Cannoneer is a term for an artilleryman, first recorded in the 16th century. Current titles for a soldier in the United States Army is a 13B (thirteen bravo) M.O.S. (military occupational specialty code), a "cannon crewmember," or shortened to "cannoneer." These "artillery-men" support infantry units in training and in battlefield are an integral part of combat operations ranging from urban to jungle terrains. An artillery Private is known as a Kanonier in German and Polish, a Kanonnier in Dutch, and a Канонир in Russian; today, these would likely be rendered in English as "cannon." Artillery was originated for use against ground targets—against infantry, cavalry, armor, and other artillery. It can be used in a direct or indirect manner depending on circumstances. It can also be utilized in airborne and air assault missions.
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Usage examples of "cannoneer".
She ran to the starboard rail where the cannons waited, because she had been trained on the guns and could take up the task if a cannoneer fell.
I have stationed men on the outwalls to pick off their cannoneers with arrows, but they are out of range.
For all his jaunty cannoneer muffs and standoffish manner, Scrupilo was terrified.
It beat digging rifle pits and ditches with the webfoots, or dodging them big iron pumpkins the cannoneers slung at each other.
There were breastworks and other lines of defense running far through the forest, positions that were formidable, but not manned at this moment by riflemen or cannoneers.
It, too, was overwhelmed by the Southern artillery which rushed forward, firing as fast as the cannoneers could load and reload.
The soft drawling voices quickened with an old excitement as they talked in the quiet darkness — infantryman, cavalryman, cannoneer, evoking memories of the days when life was ever at high tide, recalling the fierce heat of their midsummer in this forlorn sunset of their winter.
The remainder of the eighteen armed personnel backing up the calliope crews and the cannoneers were either completely unarmored or wore only unpowered body armor.
Those cannoneers will wait and hope for a cold spell, to freeze all the open ground, so the shells will go off on impact, or skitter around before they explode, and inflict the most havoc possible.
They stretched as far as she could see under the forest canopy -- and every one of them seemed to be cheering, Scrup's cannoneers loudest of all.
They stretched as far as she could see under the forest canopy—and every one of them seemed to be cheering, Scrup's cannoneers loudest of all.
They stretched as far as she could see under the forest canopy--and every one of them seemed to be cheering, Scrup's cannoneers loudest of all.
Melody saw the Knyfh laser cannoneer orienting on it, centering it on his crosshairs screen.
Great gusts filled the schooner's sails, speeding her along, and the cannoneers readied their weapons, preparing powder and shot.