An artilleryman who positioned and fired a cannon.
〈史〉炮手，炮兵
Example sentencesExamples
The divergence in success between the two black artillery battalions at Bastogne, nevertheless, does not detract from the stellar performance of the cannoneers.
The cannoneers of Lille recognized her as their saint in 1417, describing themselves as the ‘Confrères de Sainte Barbe’.
The allied army began preparations for the offensive, supported by the accurate bombardment of the British by the French cannoneers.
It was later in the Peninsular Campaign that taps were first played at a military funeral after an artillery cannoneer was killed in action.
He fought in the war as a British sailor and cannoneer for six years before he was seriously wounded during an engagement with a Dutch vessel.
Definition of cannoneer in US English:
cannoneer
nounˌkanəˈnirˌkænəˈnɪr
historical
An artilleryman who positioned and fired a cannon.
〈史〉炮手，炮兵
Example sentencesExamples
The allied army began preparations for the offensive, supported by the accurate bombardment of the British by the French cannoneers.
He fought in the war as a British sailor and cannoneer for six years before he was seriously wounded during an engagement with a Dutch vessel.
It was later in the Peninsular Campaign that taps were first played at a military funeral after an artillery cannoneer was killed in action.
The cannoneers of Lille recognized her as their saint in 1417, describing themselves as the ‘Confrères de Sainte Barbe’.
The divergence in success between the two black artillery battalions at Bastogne, nevertheless, does not detract from the stellar performance of the cannoneers.