Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A woman who acts as gunner.
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France, the patroness of officers, the inimitable model of the pupils of Saint-Cyr, and the romantic Druidess, the inspired woman-soldier of the national guard, the patriot gunneress of the Republicans, had there not arisen a Jesuit Father to create an ultramontane Jeanne d'Arc. [
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884
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