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bombardier¹

  • /ˌbɑm.bɚˈdɪɚ/ US
  • /ˌbɒm.bəˈdɪə/ UK

Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Partly borrowed from Italian bombardiere, from bombarda + -iere, and partly from Middle French bombardier, from bombard + -ier. By surface analysis, bombard + -ier.

noun bombardiers

  1. Canada, US A bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs. The bombardier then checked the gyroscopic stabilization of the bombsight and clutched in the electrical motor.
  2. Canada, UK A non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr. Wikipedia: Bombardier (Bdr) and Lance Bombardier (LBdr or L/Bdr) are British Army ranks used in the Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery instead of (respectively) Corporal and Lance Corporal. In the Canadian Forces, the Artillery Branch uses the ranks of Master Bombardier and Bombardier instead
  3. An artilleryman; a gunner. […] the officer to whom the command was deputed, to the amusement of a German bombardier, ordered one of the largest cannons to be placed under the gate of a fortress […]
  4. A bombardier beetle.

Bombardier²

  • /bɑmˈbɑɹdiˌeɪ/ Canada, US
  • /bɑmbɑɹdiˈeɪ/ Canada, US
  • /bɒmˈbɑːdiˌeɪ/ UK

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French Bombardier.

proper noun Bombardiers

  1. A surname from French.

Bombardier³

  • /bɑmˈbɑɹdiˌeɪ/ Canada, US
  • /bɑmbɑɹdiˈeɪ/ Canada, US
  • /bɒmˈbɑːdiˌeɪ/ UK

Where it comes from

Company founded in Valcourt, Quebec, in 1941; from family name of founder Joseph-Armand Bombardier.

noun Bombardiers

  1. Canada An enclosed passenger vehicle, propelled over snow and ice by caterpillar tracks and steered by skis, whose actual original product name was Auto-Neige™/Snowmobile™, made by Bombardier Ltée.

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