Associations to the word «Bombardier»

Wiktionary

BOMBARDIER, noun. (North America) A bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs.
BOMBARDIER, noun. (Canada) (Britain) A non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr.
BOMBARDIER, noun. An artilleryman; a gunner.
BOMBARDIER, noun. (entomology) A bombardier beetle.
BOMBARDIER, noun. (Canada) An enclosed passenger vehicle, propelled over snow and ice by caterpillar tracks and steered by skis.
BOMBARDIER BEETLE, noun. A beetle whose defence mechanism enables it to eject a hot aqueous mixture of chemicals at predators. They come from a number of subfamilies: Carabinae (e.g., Brachinus crepitans), Metriinae (e.g., Stenaptinus insignis) and Paussinae (e.g., Goniotropis nicaraguensis).
BOMBARDIER BEETLES, noun. Plural of bombardier beetle

Dictionary definition

BOMBARDIER, noun. A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery.
BOMBARDIER, noun. The member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target.

Wise words

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