gunner

From Middle English gonner; equivalent to gun +‎ -er.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡʌn.ə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ʌnə(r)

gunner (plural gunners)

1. (military) Artillery soldier, or such who holds private rank. Abbreviated Gnr.
2. A person who operates a gun.
3. (figuratively) An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition.
4. (American football) A player on the kicking side whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner.
5. (Britain, slang, soccer) A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.
6. The great northern diver or loon.
7. (Britain, Ireland, dialectal) The sea bream, especially Pagellus bogaraveo (blackspot sea bream)
8. (basketball) A player who can reliably shoot baskets.

• kiss the gunner's daughter

• Cebuano: gunner

gunner

1. (rare) Alternative spelling of gonna

Reborrowing from Cebuano gunner, ultimately from English gunner.

gunner (plural gunners)

1. (regional, Cebu, slang) The person designated to pour drinks in a drinking session.

From shot (“a measure of alcohol”); the doer of a shot is a shooter, a gunner is a shooter.

gunner

1. the person designated to pour drinks in a drinking session

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:gunner.

• → English: gunner

gunner

1. Alternative form of gonner

gunner m or f (plural gunners)

1. Gunner (someone associated with Arsenal Football Club)