cannoneer

From cannon +‎ -eer.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkænəˈnɪɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

cannoneer (plural cannoneers)

1. (military) A person who tends and operates a piece of artillery, especially a cannon.

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

   • 1908, James Ryder Randall, “Pelham”, in Maryland, my Maryland, and other poems, Baltimore, Md., New York: John Murphy Company, page 20:

     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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