bombardier
/ˌbɑm.bɚˈdɪɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr.
Canadian usage; British usage
noun
An artilleryman; a gunner.
noun
name
A surname from French.
noun
An enclosed passenger vehicle, propelled over snow and ice by caterpillar tracks and steered by skis, whose actual original product name was Auto-Neige™/Snowmobile™, made by Bombardier Ltée.
Canadian usage
Example Sentences
- "The bombardier then checked the gyroscopic stabilization of the bombsight and clutched in the electrical motor."
- "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."
- "[…] the officer to whom the command was deputed, to the amusement of a German bombardier, ordered one of the largest cannons to be placed under the gate of a fortress […]"
- "He has known for ages why a sturdy bombardier rides alongside the officer at the head of each battery, and why he is given a special name."
- "In 1687, with notorious effects, Morosini attacked Athens: the Turks were using the Parthenon as a powder-store, and the German bombardiers blew it up."
Etymology
Partly borrowed from Italian bombardiere, from bombarda + -iere, and partly from Middle French bombardier, from bombard + -ier. By surface analysis, bombard + -ier.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: bombardiere, bombardier
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌbɑm.bɚˈdɪɚ/
- British English: /ˌbɒm.bəˈdɪə/