cannonier

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French cannonier: see further at cannoneer.

Noun

cannonier (plural cannoniers)

  1. (historical) Alternative form of cannoneer.
    • c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The Second Part […], 2nd edition, part 2, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene i, signature [G6], recto:
      Then ſe the bringing of our ordinance / Along the trench into the battery, / VVhere we wil haue gabions of ſix foot broad / To ſaue our Cannoniers from muſket ſhot, […]
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