cannoneer

Meaning

An artillery soldier who maintains and operates (historical) a cannon, or (now) some other piece of heavy artillery.

Synonyms

artilleryman

gunner

machine gunner

artillery man

Translations

artillero

cannoniere

Kanonier

artilleur

canonnier

artigliere

topçu

artilheiro

servidor

cañonero

ametrallador

artiller

topçu eri

Artillerist

πυροβολητής

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌkænəˈnɪɚ/

Etymology

Borrowed from French canonnier, with the ending reshaped to English -eer (suffix forming agent nouns denoting people associated with, concerned with, or engaged in specified activities). Canonnier is derived from Middle French cannonier, canonnier, from canon (“cannon”) (from cane (from Old French cane (“tube”), from Latin canna (“cane; reed; something resembling a cane”), from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kắnnā, “giant reed (Arundo donax)”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm, “reed”)) + -on (augmentative suffix)) + -ier (suffix denoting a profession). By surface analysis, cannon + -eer.