gunner
See also: Gunner
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English gonner; equivalent to gun + -er.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɡʌn.ə(ɹ)/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌnə(r)
Noun
gunner (plural gunners)
- (military) Artillery soldier, or such who holds private rank. Abbreviated Gnr.
- A person who operates a gun.
- (figuratively) An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition.
- (American football) A player on the kicking side whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner.
- (Britain, slang, soccer) A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.
- The great northern diver or loon.
- (Britain, Ireland, dialectal) The sea bream, especially Pagellus bogaraveo (blackspot sea bream)
- (basketball) A player who can reliably shoot baskets.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Cebuano: gunner
Translations
artillery soldier
a fan of Arsenal
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Etymology 3
Reborrowing from Cebuano gunner, ultimately from English gunner.
Noun
gunner (plural gunners)
- (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.
Quotations
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:gunner.
Middle English
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