(n.) A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing.
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Bombardier
Definition:
(n.) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner.
(n.) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery.
Example Sentences:
(1) The order is the largest yet for Bombardier’s Aventra trains, at 750 carriages, and is a boost to the Derby plant, whose future recently appeared in jeopardy.
(2) The move reduces the chances of a repeat of the Bombardier row, where the company's Derby factory missed out to a German rival for a £1.4bn government contract.
(3) At a press conference Bombardier said an alert had gone off for one of the subsystems during the flight, without providing details.
(4) This investment reflects our commitment, and that of train operators, to put passengers at the heart of everything we do, and will improve journeys and target congestion.” Richard Hunter, Bombardier’s UK managing director, said: “We are thrilled to have won this important contract.
(5) He added in the letter that Bombardier had "significant opportunities" to win more train manufacturing dealsas the government had maintained funding for upgrades to the rail network and the London Underground.
(6) War Debts (extracts) by Lance Bombardier Stephen North You wonder how they miss you to be honest, throwing stuff over the walls.
(7) A day before the stretched Dreamliner flight, Bombardier successfully flew its CSeries jetliner, kicking off a renewed effort to sell the all-new narrow-body plane amid questions about its development cost.
(8) "It flew very well," said Bombardier chief test pilot Chuck Ellis.
(9) Under European Union rules member states are forbidden from showing domestic bias in selecting the winners of government-funded contracts, which exposed the UK government to sharp criticism when the £1.4bn contract for carriages on the London Thameslink route went to Siemens of Germany rather than Bombardier, whose Derby factory is the UK's last remaining train manufacturing plant.
(10) It had used Siemens’ trains for the franchise since privatisation and had placed an order for more of its Desiro trains, in what appeared to be another defeat for Bombardier in a long-running battle with the German industrial group.
(11) However, First announced on winning the franchise that it would return those trains after two years for a new fleet, which has now been ordered from Bombardier.
(12) Captain Johnny Mercer, Fire Support Team Commander D Battery, 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, said: "Lance Bombardier Mark Chandler was in my eyes the perfect soldier.
(13) The picture is not all rosy: the boss of train manufacturer Bombardier reiterated in Berlin that the future of its Derby plant, and 1,600 jobs, could not be guaranteed without new orders.
(14) He lobbied Bombardier not to quit Britain after losing a contract to build new railway rolling stock to Germany's Siemens.
(15) The train had a sleek silver and gold exterior, but the inside was unnervingly familiar: the Electrostar carriages, built by Bombardier Transportation in Derby, are also used by various British operators.
(16) The defensive spray of the bombardier beetle Stenaptinus insignis is ejected in quick pulses (at about 500 pulses per second) rather than as a continuous stream.
(17) He served as a wing bombardier with the rank of lieutenant in the 12th Air Force, and flew 60 combat missions from Corsica.
(18) Its commander was Tibbets, the group bombardier was Ferebee and the unit's function – although only Tibbets then knew it – was to deliver the A-bomb.
(19) Prior to joining Pearson, she worked at chemicals group ICI and engineering firm Bombardier.
(20) A RAAF P3 Orion departed around 9.15am and is now in the search area.A second RAAF P3 Orion departed around 11.15am and an ultra long range Bombardier Global Express jet departed around 11.30am.