Definitions for cannoneer

cannoneer can·non·eer

Spelling: [kan-uh-neer]
IPA: /ˌkæn əˈnɪər/

Cannoneer is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 191 anagrams from letters in cannoneer (aceennnor).

Definitions for cannoneer

noun

  1. an artilleryman.

Origin of cannoneer

From the Middle French word canonnier, dating back to 1555-65. See cannon, -eer

Examples for cannoneer

The man who had been No. 5, a cannoneer, was the senior, and took command.

The garrison consisted of but one cannoneer, and he had but one arm.

Yes, and the moat Fill'd up; the cannoneer hath done his parts; We may enter six abreast.

Being only a cannoneer, I was not supposed to own a horse, so I must be something else.

The cannoneer chose the densest red of the advancing mass, and sent the shot straight to the mark.

Captain Flory cried, "Fire the cannon, fire," but the cannoneer was not there.

Here a caisson blew up, tearing the horses to pieces, and whirling a cannoneer among the clouds.

It was attached to a linstock (fig. 18), a forked stick long enough to keep the cannoneer out of the way of the recoil.

Duties of the cannoneer and nomenclature of the piece to which assigned.

You're too good a cannoneer to be despatched by a belt knife.

Word Value for cannoneer
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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