'Gunner' definitions:
Definition of 'gunner'
From: WordNet
noun
Definition of 'Gunner'
From: GCIDE
- Gunner \Gun"ner\, n.
- 1. One who works a gun or cannon, whether on land, sea, or in the air; a cannoneer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) (a) The great northern diver or loon. See Loon. (b) The sea bream. [Prov. Eng. or Irish] [1913 Webster]
- Gunner's daughter, the gun to which men or boys were lashed for punishment. [Sailor's slang] --W. C. Russell.
- tail gunner (Mil.) A member of the crew of a bomber airplane who operates the defensive gun at the rear of the airplane. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'gunner'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aerial photographer,
- aircrew,
- aircrewman,
- archer,
- artillerist,
- artilleryman,
- avigator,
- bakehead,
- belly gunner,
- black gang,
- boilerman,
- bomb thrower,
- bombardier,
- bomber,
- bowman,
- bungs,
- cabin boy,
- cannoneer,
- carabineer,
- chips,
- commissary steward,
- complement,
- crack shot,
- crew,
- crew chief,
- dead shot,
- deadeye,
- deckhand,
- deckie,
- fireman,
- flight attendant,
- flight crew,
- good shot,
- gun,
- gun loader,
- gunman,
- hand,
- hospital steward,
- hostess,
- hunter,
- landing signalman,
- machine gunner,
- mail orderly,
- marksman,
- markswoman,
- meteorologist,
- musketeer,
- navigator,
- Nimrod,
- oiler,
- purser,
- radio operator,
- rifleman,
- roustabout,
- sharpshooter,
- shooter,
- shot,
- snip,
- sniper,
- snips,
- sparks,
- steward,
- stewardess,
- stoker,
- targetshooter,
- torpedoman,
- toxophilite,
- trapshooter,
- watch,
- yeoman