cannoneer

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kænəˈnɪə/
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• General-American: /ˌkænəˈnɪ(ə)ɹ/
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• rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
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Borrowed from French canonnier, with the ending reshaped to English -eer (suffix forming agent nouns denoting people associated with, concerned with, or engaged in specified activities). Canonnier is derived from Middle French cannonier, canonnier, from canon (“cannon”) (from cane (from Old French cane (“tube”), from Latin canna (“cane; reed; something resembling a cane”), from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă, “giant reed (Arundo donax)”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm, “reed”)) + -on (augmentative suffix)) + -ier (suffix denoting a profession). By surface analysis, cannon + -eer.

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kanonnier — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Arabic: توپچي — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Azerbaijani: topçu — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Bulgarian: канонир (kanonir) — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Bulgarian: артилерист (artilerist) — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Bulgarian: топчия (topčija) — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Chinese Mandarin: 炮手 (pàoshǒu) — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Choctaw: tanamp chito isht atta — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Czech: kanonýr — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Dutch: kanonnier — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Dutch: busschieter — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Esperanto: kanonisto — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Finnish: tykkimies — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• French: canonnier — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• French: cannonière — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• West-Frisian: kanonnier — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• German: Kanonier — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Hungarian: tüzér — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Italian: cannoniere — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Korean: 포수 (posu) — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Lithuanian: kanonierius — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Macedonian: артиле́рец (artilérec) — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Macedonian: топчија (topčija) — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Malay: ganar — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Polish: kanonier — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Portuguese: artilheiro — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Romanian: tunar — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Russian: канони́р (kanonír) — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Russian: артиллери́ст (artilleríst) — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Russian: пушка́рь (puškárʹ) — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Serbo-Croatian: то̀бџија — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Serbo-Croatian: tòbdžija — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Spanish: artillero — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Spanish: cañonero — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Ukrainian: каноні́р (kanonír) — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Ukrainian: артилери́ст (artylerýst) — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Ukrainian: гарма́ш (harmáš) — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Ukrainian: гарма́тник (harmátnyk) — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Uyghur: توپچى (topchi) — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery
• Yiddish: האַרמאַטניק (harmatnik) — artillery soldier who maintains and operates a cannon, or some other piece of heavy artillery