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English Dictionary: Gunner by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gunner
n
  1. a serviceman in the artillery [syn: artilleryman, cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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. (Zo[94]l.)
            (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.
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