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BNC: 40045 COCA: 25298

bombardier

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
bombardier /ˌbɑːmbəˈdiɚ/ noun
plural bombardiers
bombardier
/ˌbɑːmbəˈdiɚ/
noun
plural bombardiers
Learner's definition of BOMBARDIER
[count]
chiefly US : the person in a military aircraft who controls when the bombs are dropped(美国空军的)投弹手
: an officer who operates large guns and has a low rank in the British Army(英国陆军的)下士
BNC: 40045 COCA: 25298

bombardier

noun

bom·​bar·​dier ˌbäm-bə-ˈdir How to pronounce bombardier (audio)
-bər-
1
a
archaic : artilleryman
b
: a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
2
: a bomber-crew member who releases the bombs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web For director John Milius, Johnson portrayed a bombardier in Flight of the Intruder (1991) as well as Henry Nash, one of men under the command of Teddy Roosevelt, in the 1997 TNT miniseries Rough Riders, starring Tom Berenger. Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2022 McMackin was a 26-year-old bombardier on a B-24 Liberator that participated in Operation Tidal Wave on Aug. 1, 1943. BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2022 Dad played football as a freshman in the fall of 1942, served two years as a bombardier on a B-17, and then returned to play three more years of football, meet my mother and finally graduate in 1948. Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 3 Jan. 2021 Cindy’s father Jim Hensley, a WWII bombardier, had introduced his daughter, barely out of grad school, to Capt. Town & Country, 21 Oct. 2020 As part of the 10-man crew, Granat, the bombardier, and Parker, the navigator, would lead 41 aircraft from the 491st Bombardment Group on a difficult re-supply mission over German-occupied Holland. oregonlive, 24 May 2020 The bombardier applied a tourniquet and shot him with morphine but the leg could not be saved; it was amputated the next day. Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2020 Christopher Abbott also secured a nomination for his portrayal of a bombardier desperate to complete his missions in the waning days of the war. Meredith Blake, chicagotribune.com, 8 Dec. 2019 Shrapnel peppered his aircraft, fatally injuring the bombardier and nearly severing the navigator’s leg. Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Middle French, "one in charge of a bombard," from bombarde bombard entry 1 + -ier -eer

First Known Use

1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of bombardier was in 1562
BNC: 40045 COCA: 25298

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