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Definition of Gunners
1. Proper noun. (British) A nickname for The w:Arsenal F.C. Arsenal football club [ ¹
2. Noun. (plural of gunner) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gunners
1. gunner [n] - See also: gunner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gunners
Literary usage of Gunners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"This is secured partly by the adoption of a light type of gun, partly by carrying
the gunners on horseback instead of on the carriage. ..."
2. The Gunner's Examiner by Harold Edward Cloke (1908)
"SCHEDULES FOR EXAMINATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR gunners. ... The examination of
candidates for first-class gunners of organizations assigned exclusively to ..."
3. The Civil War in Song and Story, 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"The m?n and gunners dismounted, leaving their horses and guns. Our artillery soon
got the range with more precision, and the shell and round shot ricocheted ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"The Spanish gunners were frequently driven away by the shower of large and small
shot that fell inside of the fortifications, but always returned and worked ..."
5. Papers Relating to the Navy During the Spanish War, 1585-1587 by Julian Stafford Corbett (1898)
"I the outbreak of the war they had already learned to regard themselves as the
best naval gunners in Europe. Englishmen, says Bourne, were accounted good ..."
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