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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

  1. noun A crew member on a military aircraft responsible for aiming and releasing bombs.
  2. noun A non-commissioned artillery rank equivalent to corporal.

bomber — full definition

  1. noun A military aircraft designed to drop bombs.
  2. noun A person who plants or detonates a bomb.

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