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Webster 1913 Edition

Gunner

Gun′ner

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Noun.
1.
One who works a gun or cannon, whether on land, sea, or in the air; a cannoneer.
2.
A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel.
3.
(Zool.)
(a)
The great northern diver or loon. See
Loon
.
(b)
The sea bream.
[Prov. Eng. or Irish]

Webster 1828 Edition

Gunner

GUN'NER

,
Noun.
One skilled in the use of guns; a cannoneer; an officer appointed to manage artillery. The gunner of a ship of war has the charge of the ammunition and artillery, and his duty is to keep the latter in good order, and to teach the men the exercise of the guns.

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