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Definition of Bombardiers
1. bombardier [n] - See also: bombardier
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bombardiers
Literary usage of Bombardiers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Remarkable Adventurers and Unrevealed Mysteries by Lascelles Wraxall (1863)
"... arrest—Bonneval in Vienna—His trial and imprisonment —He goes to Turkey—Is
appointed chief of the bombardiers—His influence—The war with Russia—Bonneval ..."
2. List of Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery from the Year 1716 to by John Kane, William Harrison Askwith (1900)
"The Corporals and Bombardiers had gold and worsted shoulder knots. ... Halberts were
taken from the Corporals and Bombardiers, and they fell into the ranks ..."
3. A New and Enlarged Military Dictionary: Or, Alphabetical Explanation of ...by Charles James by Charles James (1805)
"However, according to St. Remi, the French bombardiers frequently make use of
... According to the experiments which have been made by bombardiers with ..."
4. English Army Lists and Commission Registers, 1661-1714 by Charles Dalton (1896)
"Appointed Capt. and Major of the Company of English Bombardiers and Gunners in
Piedmont same year. In 1696 this Company returned to Flanders. ..."
5. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany (1820)
"... 8 ditto; 16 corporals, 8 ditto; 32 bombardiers, 16 ditto; 260 gunners, 130 ditto;
... ¡nul that of second lieut. substituted ; also bombardiers to be ..."
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