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Bombardier

Bombardier Meaning & Definition
Bombardier Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bombardier?

[n] the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target
[n] a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bombardier:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bombardier: aerial photographer | aircrew | aircrewman | artillerist | artilleryman | avigator | belly gunner | bomb thrower | bomber | cannoneer | crew | crew chief | flight attendant | flight crew | gunner | hostess | machine gunner | meteorologist | navigator | steward | stewardess

See Also | aircrewman | bomber aircrew | bomber crew | noncom | noncommissioned officer

Bombardier In Webster's Dictionary

\Bom`bar*dier"\, n. [F. bombardier.] (Mil.) (a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner. [Archaic] (b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery. {Bombardier beetle} (Zo["o]l.), a kind of beetle ({Brachinus crepitans}), so called because, when disturbed, it makes an explosive discharge of a pungent and acrid vapor from its anal glands. The name is applied to other related species, as the {B. displosor}, which can produce ten or twelve explosions successively. The common American species is {B. fumans}.

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