Bombardier — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bombardier noun A crew member on a military aircraft responsible for aiming and releasing bombs.
- bomber noun A military aircraft designed to drop bombs.
Senses
Bombardier is used for these senses in English:
- Bombardier A surname from French.
- bombardier beetle 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).
- bomber (aviation, military) A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.
bombardier — full definition
- noun A crew member on a military aircraft responsible for aiming and releasing bombs.
- noun A non-commissioned artillery rank equivalent to corporal.
bomber — full definition
- noun A military aircraft designed to drop bombs.
- noun A person who plants or detonates a bomb.