1
: a soldier or airman who operates or aims a gun
2
: one who hunts with a gun
3
: a warrant officer who supervises ordnance and ordnance stores
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Resistance included everything from mines to machine gunners, and the fighting was brutal.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 June 2026
This mode lets one player control the Arwing's pilot (me in this instance), while the other plays the gunner (Jordan), both using a single Joy-Con.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
Probably quite a few World War II tail gunners held whimsical enjoyment in suspicion.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 30 May 2026
Nobody in any of the pilot, gunner and engineer positions can touch or press any buttons in the Falcon before activating Grogu Mode.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 June 2026
This mode lets one player control the Arwing's pilot (me in this instance), while the other plays the gunner (Jordan), both using a single Joy-Con.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
Probably quite a few World War II tail gunners held whimsical enjoyment in suspicion.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 30 May 2026
Nobody in any of the pilot, gunner and engineer positions can touch or press any buttons in the Falcon before activating Grogu Mode.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
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gunner
noun
gun·ner
ˈgən-ər 
1
: one who operates or aims a gun
2
: one who hunts with a gun
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