gunner Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a serviceman in the artillery
    artilleryman; cannoneer; machine gunner.

WordNet

Gun"ner noun
Definitions
  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. (Zoöl.) (a) The great northern diver or loon. See Loon. (b) The sea bream. Prov. Eng. or Irish W. C. Russell.

Webster 1913