BOMBARDIER

bombardier

(noun) the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target

bombardier

(noun) a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

bombardier (plural bombardiers)

(North America) A bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs.

(Canada, Britain) A non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr.

• Wikipedia: Bombardier (Bdr) and Lance Bombardier (LBdr or L/Bdr) are British Army ranks used in the Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery instead of (respectively) Corporal and Lance Corporal. In the Canadian Forces, the Artillery Branch uses the ranks of Master Bombardier and Bombardier instead of Master Corporal and Corporal.

An artilleryman; a gunner.

(entomology) A bombardier beetle.

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Bombardier (plural er-noun or Bombardiers)

A surname.

Etymology 2

Noun

Bombardier (plural Bombardiers)

(Canada) An enclosed passenger vehicle, propelled over snow and ice by caterpillar tracks and steered by skis, whose actual original product name was Auto-Neige™/Snowmobile™, made by Bombardier Ltée.

Source: Wiktionary

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Bom`bar*dier", n. Etym: [F. bombardier.] (Mil.) (a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner. [Archaic] (b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery. Bombardier beetle (Zoöl.), a kind of beetle (Brachinus crepitans), so called because, when disturbed, it makes an explosive discharge of a pungent and acrid vapor from its anal glands. The name is applied to other related species, as the B. displosor, which can produce ten or twelve explosions successively. The common American species is B. fumans.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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