GUNNERS

Proper noun

Gunners

(British, informal) Arsenal football club

Noun

gunners

plural of gunner

Source: Wiktionary


GUNNER

Gun"ner, n.

1. One who works a gun, whether on land or sea; a cannoneer.

2. A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel.

3. (Zoöl.) (a) The great northern diver or loon. See Loon. (b) The sea bream. [Prov. Eng. or Irish] Gunner's daughter, the gun to which men or boys were lashed for punishment. [Sailor's slang] W. C. Russell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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