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Gunner

One who works a gun, whether on land or sea; a cannoneer.

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Narrower term 1

Artilleryman 76% connected

A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shooter 76% connected

One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shot 76% connected

of Shoot

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gun 74% connected

of Gin

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Gun 74% connected

of Gin

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cannoneer 92% connected

Alt. of Cannonier

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gun 92% connected

of Gin

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Action noun · 78% connection

An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action.

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Aland adverb · 78% connection

On land; to the land; ashore.

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Appurtenance noun · 78% connection

That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in commo…

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Arable noun · 78% connection

Arable land; plow land.

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Arrival noun · 78% connection

The act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land.

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Arrive verb · 78% connection

To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: works, whether, land, cannoneer.
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Arsenal noun · 78% connection

A public establishment for the storage, or for the manufacture and storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or n…

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Ashore adverb · 78% connection

On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: works, whether, land, cannoneer.
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Bordland noun · 78% connection

Either land held by a bordar, or the land which a lord kept for the maintenance of his board, or table.

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Bovate noun · 78% connection

An oxgang, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; an ancient measure of land, of indefinite quantity, but usually estimated at f…

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Bush verb · 78% connection

To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the gr…

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Chersonese noun · 78% connection

A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Ch…

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Classic noun · 78% connection

A work of acknowledged excellence and authority, or its author; -- originally used of Greek and Latin works or authors, but now applie…

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Concord noun · 78% connection

An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that th…

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Continent adjective · 78% connection

One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an isl…

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Copy noun · 78% connection

An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addiso…

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Critic noun · 78% connection

One skilled in judging of the merits of literary or artistic works; a connoisseur; an adept; hence, one who examines literary or artis…

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Dehors noun · 78% connection

All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover.

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