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cannoneer

noun as in gunner

Strongest match

Weak match

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Example Sentences

Two hours later those cannon were fired, and unluckily killed the cannoneer who had given Lilly a timely warning.

The cannoneer chose the densest red of the advancing mass, and sent the shot straight to the mark.

Yes, and the moat Fill'd up; the cannoneer hath done his parts; We may enter six abreast.

The gun was free to pass, and it passed, each cannoneer and driver looking once at John Agnor, lying dead with a steady face.

Many a cannoneer had sought rest on his back on the march, but none had ventured on so high a perch when going into battle.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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