gunner

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: gun=ner

CIDE DICTIONARY

gunner, n. 

•  One who works a gun or cannon, whether on land, sea, or in the air; a cannoneer.  [1913 Webster]
•  A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel.  [1913 Webster]
•  The great northern diver or loon. See Loon.  [1913 Webster]

Gunner's daughter, the gun to which men or boys were lashed for punishment. [Sailor's slang] W. C. Russell. -- tail gunner (Mil.) A member of the crew of a bomber airplane who operates the defensive gun at the rear of the airplane.

THESAURUS

gunner

Nimrod, aerial photographer, aircrew, aircrewman, archer, artillerist, artilleryman, avigator, bakehead, belly gunner, black gang, boilerman, bomb thrower, bombardier, bomber, bowman, bungs, cabin boy, cannoneer, carabineer, chips, commissary steward, complement, crack shot, crew, crew chief, dead shot, deadeye, deckhand, deckie, fireman, flight attendant, flight crew, good shot, gun, gun loader, gunman, hand, hospital steward, hostess, hunter, landing signalman, machine gunner, mail orderly, marksman, markswoman, meteorologist, musketeer, navigator, oiler, purser, radio operator, rifleman, roustabout, sharpshooter, shooter, shot, snip, sniper, snips, sparks, steward, stewardess, stoker, targetshooter, torpedoman, toxophilite, trapshooter, watch, yeoman

ROGET THESAURUS

gunner

Combatant

N combatant, disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent, competitor, rival, corrival, fighter, assailant, champion, Paladin, mosstrooper, swashbuckler fire eater, duelist, bully, bludgeon man, rough, prize fighter, pugilist, boxer, bruiser, the fancy, gladiator, athlete, wrestler, fighting-cock, game-cock, warrior, soldier, fighting man, Amazon, man at arms, armigerent, campaigner, veteran, swordsman, sabreur, redcoat, military man, Rajput, armed force, troops, soldiery, military forces, sabaoth, the army, standing army, regulars, the line, troops of the line, militia, yeomanry, volunteers, trainband, fencible, auxiliary, bersagliere, brave, garde-nationale, garde-royale, minuteman, auxiliary forces, reserve forces, reserves, posse comitatus, national guard, gendarme, beefeater, guards, guardsman, yeomen of the guard, life guards, household troops, janissary, myrmidon, Mama, Mameluke, spahee, spahi, Cossack, Croat, Pandoz, irregular, guerilla, partisan, condottiere, franctireur, tirailleur, bashi-bazouk, vietminh, vietcong, shining path, contras, huk, hukbalahap, mercenary, soldier of fortune, hired gun, gunfighter, gunslinger, bushwhacker, free lance, companion, Hessian, hit man torpedo, soldier, levy, draught, Landwehr, Landsturm, conscript, recruit, cadet, raw levies, infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier, Tommy Atkins, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy, legionnaire, legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder, officer, subaltern, ensign, standard bearer, spearman, pikeman, spear bearer, halberdier, lancer, musketeer, carabineer, rifleman, jager, sharpshooter, yager, skirmisher, grenadier, fusileer, archer, bowman, horse and foot, horse soldier, cavalry, horse, artillery, horse artillery, light horse, voltigeur, uhlan, mounted rifles, dragoon, hussar, light dragoon, heavy dragoon, heavy, cuirassier, Foot Guards, Horse Guards, gunner, cannoneer, bombardier, artilleryman, matross, sapper, sapper and miner, engineer, light infantry, rifles, chasseur, zouave, military train, coolie, army, corps d'armee, host, division, battalia, column, wing, detachment, garrison, flying column, brigade, regiment, corps, battalion, sotnia, squadron, company, platoon, battery, subdivision, section, squad, piquet, picket, guard, rank, file, legion, phalanx, cohort, cloud of skirmishers, war horse, charger, destrier, marine, man-of-war's man, navy, wooden walls, naval forces, fleet, flotilla, armada, squadron, man-of-war, destroyer, submarine, minesweeper, torpedo-boat, torpedo-destroyer, patrol torpedo boat, PT boat, torpedo- catcher, war castle, H, M, S, battleship, battle wagon, dreadnought, line of battle ship, ship of the line, aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, helicopter carrier, missile platform, missile boat, ironclad, turret ship, ram, monitor, floating battery, first- rate, frigate, sloop of war, corvette, gunboat, bomb vessel, flagship, guard ship, cruiser, armored cruiser, protected cruiser, privateer, tender, store ship, troop ship, transport, catamaran, merchant marine.