weaponeer
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /wɛpəˈnɪə/
Noun
weaponeer (plural weaponeers)
- (US) Someone who makes weapons, especially nuclear weapons.
- 2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin 2013, p. 57:
- Von Neumann, who believed that mathematics grew best when nourished by ‘a certain contact with the strivings and problems of the world,’ became a great friend of the weaponeers.
- 2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin 2013, p. 57:
- A member of an aircrew responsible for the weapons.
Verb
weaponeer (third-person singular simple present weaponeers, present participle weaponeering, simple past and past participle weaponeered)
- (military) To provide with appropriate weaponry for use against the chosen targets.
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