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Synonyms for cannoneer

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kan-uh-neer

Phonetic Transcription : ˌkæn əˈnɪər

Définition of cannoneer

As in gunner : noun shooter of gun

Example sentences :

Being only a cannoneer, I was not supposed to own a horse, so I must be something else.
Extract from : « The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson » by Edward A. Moore

The garrison consisted of but one cannoneer, and he had but one arm.
Extract from : « History of the United Netherlands, 1600-09, Vol. IV. Complete » by John Lothrop Motley

Duties of the cannoneer and nomenclature of the piece to which assigned.
Extract from : « The Gunner's Examiner » by Harold E. Cloke

The man who had been No. 5, a cannoneer, was the senior, and took command.
Extract from : « In Hostile Red » by Joseph Altsheler

You're too good a cannoneer to be despatched by a belt knife.
Extract from : « The Barbarians » by John Sentry

It was attached to a linstock (fig. 18), a forked stick long enough to keep the cannoneer out of the way of the recoil.
Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy

The cannoneer chose the densest red of the advancing mass, and sent the shot straight to the mark.
Extract from : « In Hostile Red » by Joseph Altsheler

Yes, and the moat Fill'd up; the cannoneer hath done his parts; We may enter six abreast.
Extract from : « The Plays of Philip Massinger » by Philip Massinger

Here a caisson blew up, tearing the horses to pieces, and whirling a cannoneer among the clouds.
Extract from : « Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, » by George Alfred Townsend

Captain Flory cried, "Fire the cannon, fire," but the Cannoneer was not there.
Extract from : « The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. III: Acadia, 1611-1616 » by Various

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