GUNNER

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who works a gun, whether on land or sea; a cannoneer.

2.
n.

A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel.

3.
n.

The great northern diver or loon. See Loon.

4.
n.

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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