Cannoneer

//kænəˈnɪə//

Synonyms for "cannoneer" (21 found)

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Noun(2 words)
gunnerbombardier

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Noun(1 words)
cannoner

Related words (10)

Noun(1 words)
machine gunner

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Translations

40 translations across 28 languages.

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Afrikaans

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  • kanonnier noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Arabic

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  • توپچي noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • topçu noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • артилерист noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)
  • канонир noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)
  • топчия noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 炮手 noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Choctaw

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  • tanamp chito isht atta noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Czech

1 entries
  • kanonýr noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Dutch

2 entries
  • busschieter noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)
  • kanonnier noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • kanonisto noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Finnish

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  • tykkimies noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

French

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  • cannonière noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)
  • canonnier noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

German

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  • Kanonier noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Hungarian

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  • tüzér noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Italian

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  • cannoniere noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Korean

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  • 포수 noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kanonierius noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • артиле́рец noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)
  • топчија noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Malay

1 entries
  • ganar noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Polish

1 entries
  • kanonier noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • artilheiro noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Romanian

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  • tunar noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Russian

3 entries
  • артиллери́ст noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)
  • канони́р noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)
  • пушка́рь noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • tòbdžija noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)
  • то̀бџија noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Spanish

2 entries
  • artillero noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)
  • cañonero noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • артилери́ст noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)
  • гарма́тник noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)
  • гарма́ш noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)
  • каноні́р noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • توپچى noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • kanonnier noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • האַרמאַטניק noun (artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery)

Sample sentences

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Luckily, the cannoneer was only mildly injured when his cannon malfunctioned.

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Then ſe the bringing of our ordinance / Along the trench into the battery, / VVhere vve vvil haue gabions of ſix foot broad / To ſaue our Cannoniers from muſket ſhot, […]

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The Irish cannoneers stood gallantly to their pieces till they were cut down to a man.

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Just as the spring came laughing through the strife / With all its gorgeous cheer; / In the bright April of historic life / Fell the great cannoneer.

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