artillerist

English

Artillerists.

Etymology

From artillery +‎ -ist.

Noun

artillerist (plural artillerists)

1. (military) A person who operates artillery.
   • 1876, John Esten Cooke, A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee‎^[1]:

     Pelham was, in spite of his youth, an artillerist of the first order of excellence, and his loss was a serious one, in spite of his inferior rank.

   • 1898, William Elliot Griffis, Charles Carleton Coffin‎^[2]:

     The experiments were not very satisfactory. Mr. Coffin, perhaps, possibly, because he was not a skilled artillerist, had the mortifying experience of seeing the apparatus in front of his cannon blown into fragments, but he made notes of the other reports.

Synonyms

• artilleryman

Translations

artilleryman — see artilleryman

Anagrams

• triliterals

Dutch

Etymology

Possibly borrowed. Equivalent to artillerie +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑr.tɪ.ləˈrɪst/

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• Hyphenation: ar‧til‧le‧rist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

artillerist m (plural artilleristen, diminutive artilleristje n)

1. artillerist

Derived terms

• artilleristisch

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Artillerist. By surface analysis, artilleri +‎ -ist.

Noun

artillerist c

1. artillerist

Declension

Declension of artillerist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	artillerist	artillerists
	definite	artilleristen	artilleristens
plural	indefinite	artillerister	artilleristers
	definite	artilleristerna	artilleristernas

Derived terms

• kustartillerist

Further reading

• artillerist in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker