gunner

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English gonner; equivalent to gun +‎ -er. ==== Pronunciation ==== (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌn.ɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌn.ə(ɹ)/ Homophone: gonna (non-rhotic, based on the /ˈɡʌn.ə/ pronunciation) Rhymes: -ʌnə(ɹ) ==== Noun ==== gunner (plural gunners) (military) An artillery soldier, especially one who holds private rank. Synonym: (abbreviation) gnr A person who operates a gun. (metalworking, construction) A riveter; someone who operates a rivet gun. (figuratively) An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition. (American football) A player on the kicking team whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner. (UK, slang, soccer) A fan of the Arsenal Football Club. Alternative forms: Gunner, Gooner The great northern diver or loon. (UK, Ireland, dialect) The sea bream, especially Pagellus bogaraveo (blackspot sea bream) (basketball) A player who can reliably shoot baskets. ===== Usage notes ===== In the literal sense, "gunner" almost always refers to someone manning a mounted or crew-served weapon, rather than a long gun or handgun. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Cebuano: gunner ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Contraction ==== gunner (rare) Alternative spelling of gonna. === Etymology 3 === Reborrowing from Cebuano gunner, ultimately from English gunner. ==== Noun ==== gunner (plural gunners) (regional, Cebu, slang) The person designated to pour drinks in a drinking session. == Cebuano == === Etymology === From shot (“a measure of alcohol”); the doer of a shot is a shooter, a gunner is a shooter. === Noun === gunner the person designated to pour drinks in a drinking session 2009 — Flores, Rick R., Lumon (03 February), Dinhi Sa Amo, Mindaviews, MindaNews 2010 — Tidor, Gratian Paul R., Tagay (29 August) 2016 — Sumalinog, Vic, Ngano’ng Enero 1 Magsugod ang Bag-ong Tuig (31 December), Nunot sa Alisngaw sa Kape, Opinion, Mindanao Times ==== Descendants ==== → English: gunner == Middle English == === Alternative forms === goner, gonner, gunnare, gownere === Etymology === From gunne +‎ -er; compare Medieval Latin gunnārius. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡuˈneːr/, /ˈɡunər/ === Noun === gunner (plural gunners) (Late Middle English) An operator of a cannon; an artilleryman. An operator of a siege engine. A maker of guns or cannons. ==== Descendants ==== English: gunner Scots: gunner → Medieval Latin: gunnārius === Further reading === “gǒnner, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 July 2018. == Spanish == === Noun === gunner m or f by sense (plural gunners) Gunner (someone associated with Arsenal Football Club)