Definition of "cannoneer" [can•non•eer]

• A soldier in the artillery; a gunner. (noun)

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• "Dearer than life itself to the cannoneer is the gun he serves, and these brave men fought hand to hand with handspikes, rammers, staves, and even stones."
• "Officials said Lantigua was a field artillery cannoneer and was stationed in Anbar Province."
• "I had pointed to the use of grunt-carried UAVs, and cannoneer Common_Sense noted that there was no real distinction between those and artillery."