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Meanings of gunner in English
Russian
наводчик 
Specialist position in American football special teams, who runs down the sideline very quickly in an attempt to tackle the kick or punt returner.
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Examples for "shooter"
Examples for "shooter"
1
However, the rise of Earl Sliney as the possible shooter jumbled things.
2
All three people, including the shooter, were taken to hospital, said police.
3
Authorities have said the shooter was known to police and lived locally.
4
Ignoring that, a real distance shooter wouldn't use one unless absolutely necessary.
5
The second shooter fled the campus, according to college spokesman Jed Young.
1
At least now we know how kamikaze pilots managed to motivate themselves.
2
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes went to meet a surviving kamikaze pilot in central Japan.
3
Or perhaps their kamikaze flight had not been a conscious act.
4
A human probably couldn't have stopped the glass from kamikaze-ing into her lap.
5
There are bubbles that escape from my nose periodically, like little kamikaze warriors.
1
Got to go-I'lllet you know if I hear from that headhunter.
2
You accept the position and hire a headhunter for your partner.
3
Sparkes has a headhunter seeking out international successors, having ruled out internal candidates.
4
The headhunter's reputation is at stake just as much as yours.
5
The headhunter entered the chamber of the Ancients and waited to be acknowledged.
Usage of gunner in English
1
All right: that meant another gunner or two down there with him.
2
The gunner relapsed into moody silence at the remembrance of the tragedy.
3
But in his hours of relaxation the gunner is a different being.
4
The regular gunner had no use for Territorial horse and field artillery.
5
The 28-year-old Apache co-pilot gunner left the war-torn country on Monday evening.
6
The gunner dashed off and the sergeant jerked his thumb at Wims.
7
The only officers spared were the master, the gunner, and one midshipman.
8
The gunner opened up, spraying the rear of the car with lead.
9
Forward of the pilot a special position is reserved for the gunner.
10
The melancholy fate of the gunner must not be passed over unnoticed.
11
He grew up even in his ladhood a thorough gunner and fisherman.
12
The gunner asked whether he should point the gun at any object.
13
The American seaman has always excelled, and so has the American gunner.
14
This gunner actually telegraphed direct to the President as his commander-in-chief that:
15
Mr Burn, the gunner, seemed to more than participate in my feelings.
16
The waist gunner raises his voice to be heard over the singing.
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Portuguese
Catalan
Gunner through the time
Gunner across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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