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bombardier
1[ bom-ber-deer, -buh- ]
noun
- Military. the member of a bombing plane crew who operates the bombsight and bomb-release mechanism.
- History/Historical. artilleryman.
Bombardier
2[ bom-ber-deer, -buh-, bom-bahr-dyey ]
- a snowmobilelike vehicle driven by an internal-combustion engine, equipped with caterpillar tracks at the rear, steered by skis at the front, and designed for travel over snow.
Bombardier
1/ ˌbɒmbəˈdɪə /
noun
- a snow tractor, typically having caterpillar tracks at the rear and skis at the front
bombardier
2/ ˌbɒmbəˈdɪə /
noun
- the member of a bomber aircrew responsible for aiming and releasing the bombs
- a noncommissioned rank below the rank of sergeant in the Royal Artillery
- Also calledbombardier beetle any of various small carabid beetles of the genus Brachinus , esp B. crepitans of Europe, which defend themselves by ejecting a jet of volatile fluid
Word History and Origins
Origin of bombardier1
Origin of bombardier2
Word History and Origins
Origin of bombardier1
Origin of bombardier2
Example Sentences
Dutch engineer Carl Norden’s invention of a bombsight that could supposedly enable a bombardier to drop a missile into a pickle barrel from six miles up had made precision bombing possible.
Neither, staring through his bombsight, could bombardier Umphress.
As a bombardier Yossarian is “the best man in the group at evasive action.”
The Canadian-built Bombardier Q400 turbo-prop had an automatic stall-protection system.
It was a different type of plane, a European-built ATR-72 (the Bombardier is a Canadian plane).
They were crouching in one of the gun-pits—a bombardier and three gunners, very cold and very miserable.
Fig. 508 presents Calosoma sycophanta pursuing a Bombardier (Brachinus explodens), which squirts out a vapour of pungent odour.
Bombardier Havelock was wounded in the thigh by fragments of shell.
Pickersdyke swore as he had not done since he was a rough-riding bombardier.
He had made himself one moment of leisure, and visited Bombardier Lane, but without result.
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