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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Porter and Thomas are both blinders-on gunners, nobody else on the team can shoot, and there doesn’t appear to be a natural point guard.
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John Hollinger, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
And, for Michael Carter, a Marine veteran who served at Twentynine Palms and Camp Pendleton between 2004 and 2013 and deployed as a machine gunner three times, getting the wall to Orange was deeply personal.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 3 Oct. 2025
Campbell served as a gunner and fill-in wide receiver before sustaining a hamstring injury in the game.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
The active damping system, the company said, increases off-road speed while boosting gunners’ hit probability and extending the life of subsystems.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
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John Hollinger, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
And, for Michael Carter, a Marine veteran who served at Twentynine Palms and Camp Pendleton between 2004 and 2013 and deployed as a machine gunner three times, getting the wall to Orange was deeply personal.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 3 Oct. 2025
Campbell served as a gunner and fill-in wide receiver before sustaining a hamstring injury in the game.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
The active damping system, the company said, increases off-road speed while boosting gunners’ hit probability and extending the life of subsystems.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Gunner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunner. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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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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