cannoneer n : a serviceman in the artillery [syn: artilleryman, gunner, machine gunner]

English

Noun

1. In the context of "military": A person who tends and operates a piece of artillery, especially a cannon.

   Luckily, the cannoneer was only mildly injured when his cannon malfunctioned.

Translations

"Cannoneer" is an obsolete word for an artillery gunner, first recorded in the 16th century. An artillery Private is known as a Kanonier in German and Polish, a Kanonnier in Dutch, and a Канонир in Russian; today these would likely be rendered in English as "Gunner."