name
Meaning 1
A surname from French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
bombardier
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Canada, US: /bɑmˈbɑɹdiˌeɪ/
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Canada, US: /bɑmbɑɹdiˈeɪ/
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UK: /bɒmˈbɑːdiˌeɪ/
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US: /ˌbɑm.bɚˈdɪɚ/
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US: bäm'bər-dērʹ
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UK: /ˌbɒm.bəˈdɪə/
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rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
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noun
Meaning 2
A bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
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noun
Meaning 3
A non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, UK
Examples
- Wikipedia: Bombardier (Bdr) and Lance Bombardier (LBdr or L/Bdr) are British Army ranks used in the Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery instead of (respectively) Corporal and Lance Corporal. In the Canadian Forces, the Artillery Branch uses the ranks of Master Bombardier and Bombardier instead of Master Corporal and Corporal.
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noun
Meaning 4
An artilleryman; a gunner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A bombardier beetle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
An enclosed passenger vehicle, propelled over snow and ice by caterpillar tracks and steered by skis, whose actual original product name was Auto-NeigeTM/SnowmobileTM, made by Bombardier Ltée.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada
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noun
Meaning 7
the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: aircrewman
noun
Meaning 8
a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: noncommissioned officer, noncom, enlisted officer
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French Bombardier.
Partly borrowed from Italian bombardiere, from bombarda + -iere, and partly from Middle French bombardier, from bombard + -ier. By surface analysis, bombard + -ier.
Company founded in Valcourt, Quebec, in 1941; from family name of founder Joseph-Armand Bombardier.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: Bombardier — surname
- Galician: bombardeador — bomber crew member
- Galician: bombardeadora — bomber crew member
- German: Bombenschütze — bomber crew member
- German: Bombenschützin — bomber crew member
- Portuguese: bombardeador — bomber crew member
- Portuguese: bombardeadora — bomber crew member
- Spanish: bombardeador — bomber crew member
- Spanish: bombardeadora — bomber crew member
Real reading context