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bombardier

noun
/ˌbɑm.bɚˈdɪɚ/US/ˌbɒm.bəˈdɪə/UK/bɑmˈbɑɹdiˌeɪ/CA/bɒmˈbɑːdiˌeɪ/UK

Etymology

Partly borrowed from Italian bombardiere, from bombarda + -iere, and partly from Middle French bombardier, from bombard + -ier. By surface analysis, bombard + -ier.

  1. borrowed from bombardier
  2. borrowed from bombardiere

Definitions

  1. A bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs.

    • The bombardier then checked the gyroscopic stabilization of the bombsight and clutched in the electrical motor.

  2. A non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr.

  3. An artilleryman

    An artilleryman; a gunner.

    • […] the officer to whom the command was deputed, to the amusement of a German bombardier, ordered one of the largest cannons to be placed under the gate of a fortress […]
    • He has known for ages why a sturdy bombardier rides alongside the officer at the head of each battery, and why he is given a special name.
    • In 1687, with notorious effects, Morosini attacked Athens: the Turks were using the Parthenon as a powder-store, and the German bombardiers blew it up.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A bombardier beetle.

    2. A surname from French.

    3. An enclosed passenger vehicle, propelled over snow and ice by caterpillar tracks and…

      An enclosed passenger vehicle, propelled over snow and ice by caterpillar tracks and steered by skis, whose actual original product name was Auto-Neige™/Snowmobile™, made by Bombardier Ltée.

The neighborhood

Derived

lance bombardier, master bombardier, bombardier beetle

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA