Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tommy gunner

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: tom-my -gun-ner
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An operator of a Tommy gun.

Example Sentences

"We followed some minutes later in the same formation, but with a much reinforced armed guard; in my carriage there were two tommy-gunners and two riflemen, though, after they had been persuaded to put their weapons in the rack, we all felt better."

Etymology

From Tommy gun + -er.

Inflected Forms

tommy gunners (plural)

Questions

What does tommy gunner mean?: An operator of a Tommy gun.
Where does tommy gunner come from?: From Tommy gun + -er.

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