1
: a soldier or airman who operates or aims a gun
2
: one who hunts with a gun
3
: a warrant officer who supervises ordnance and ordnance stores
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That energy doesn’t just translate on the offensive side of the ball for Shi, who is far from a one-dimensional gunner.
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Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2025
Nike's gunner, a middle-aged man who identifies himself as Yurii, call sign Psycho, showed NPR the shells — each as long as a human hand — chained together so they can be fed quickly into the cannon.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 28 Jan. 2025
That Yiadom is a reliable punt-return gunner gives him additional value.
—Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Consider the scene in Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 when the protagonist, Yossarian, goes to the rear of the plane to tend to the wounded gunner Snowden.
—Karen Parker Lears, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2025
Nike's gunner, a middle-aged man who identifies himself as Yurii, call sign Psycho, showed NPR the shells — each as long as a human hand — chained together so they can be fed quickly into the cannon.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 28 Jan. 2025
That Yiadom is a reliable punt-return gunner gives him additional value.
—Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Consider the scene in Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 when the protagonist, Yossarian, goes to the rear of the plane to tend to the wounded gunner Snowden.
—Karen Parker Lears, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Gunner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunner. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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gunner
noun
gun·ner
ˈgən-ər 
1
: one who operates or aims a gun
2
: one who hunts with a gun
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