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*Gunner, nickname given to Indian Navy Gunnery Sailor or Gunnery Officer |
*Gunner, nickname given to Indian Navy Gunnery Sailor or Gunnery Officer |
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*"Guns", nickname given to Gunnery officer of a ship in the British Commonwealth tradition |
*"Guns", nickname given to Gunnery officer of a ship in the British Commonwealth tradition |
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*A Black man in the 10th grade high school at Oak Grove in Hattiesburg Mississippi |
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==Sports== |
==Sports== |
Revision as of 19:43, 15 March 2011
Gunner may refer to:
Military
- Any individual operating an infantry support weapon, such as an artillery piece, anti-tank guided missile launcher or automatic grenade launcher
- Gunner (rank), a rank equivalent to private in the British Royal Artillery and other Commonwealth artillery corps
- A non-commissioned member of the British RAF Regiment
- An air gunner, a.k.a. aerial gunner is a member of an air force aircrew who operates flexible-mount or turret-mounted machine guns or autocannons in an aircraft
- A Chief Warrant Officer of the United States Marine Corps serving in the Military Occupation Specialty (MOS) 0306 (Infantry Weapons Officer)
- A sailor responsible for a ship's cannons, artillery, ammunition, and related equipment, or a naval officer responsible for training the crew in their use
- Formerly a gunnery Warrant Officer of the British Royal Navy or Royal Marines
- The Gunners, a nickname for the British Royal Artillery
- Gunner, nickname given to Indian Navy Gunnery Sailor or Gunnery Officer
- "Guns", nickname given to Gunnery officer of a ship in the British Commonwealth tradition
Sports
- The Gunners, a nickname for Arsenal F.C., a London football club
- Woodsball gunner, a specialist in paintball (particularly Woodsball), who uses a paintball marker with a high rate of fire
- Gunner (American football), an American football player who specializes in quickly running down the field to tackle a kick returner during kickoffs and punts
- "The Gunner", nickname given to former Pittsburgh Pirates announcer Bob Prince
- Gunners F.C., a Zimbabwean football club
- Gunner, professional wrestler also known as Phill Shatter
Other
- Gunner (cocktail), a cocktail particularly drunk in the Far East
- Gunner (student) is an often used slang term in medical school or law school to describe a hyper-competitive student
- Gunner Palace, a 2005 documentary film about American troops in Iraq
- Gunner nickname for Guns N' Roses fans
- Gunner (character class), a character class in some Final Fantasy games
- A character in the webcomic 'Zap!', written by Chris Layfield and drawn by Pascalle Lepas