weaponsman
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A soldier who is a specialist in a specific type of weapon.
Example Sentences
- "Crusaders were kings, lords, wretches, children, women, weaponsmen, churchmen, hermits, harlots, adventurers."
- "The Secret Intelligence section was made up of a truly amazing coterie of people, from spies and demolition experts to skilled linguists in every known language, vastly skilled weaponsmen, clandestine radio experts, para-military commandos, experts in every kind of mayhem -- mostly silent, naturalized, loyal Americans who had been born in every enemy country, and groups of combat-commandos, the best available to accompany secret agents into enemy country as protectors."
- "In the next instant six of the weaponsmen went down, their cries of alarm drowning the Challing's laughter as he ran down a dark alley at the heels of his fellow thief."
- "For example, a fairly new rating in the Navy is that of nuclear weaponsman. Before this rating was established, a very thorough analysis of enlisted duties in nuclear weapons units was made."
- "LT Coulombe was commissioned from the ranks in 1969, after 11 years enlisted as an underwater weaponsman."
- "The division also maintains a mockup ASROC (antisub rocket) mounting, to train weaponsmen from west coast ships fitted with ASROC."