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  • noun Plural form of artilleryman.

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Examples

  • Still the chest was far from empty, and on continuing the unpacking I found that I was handing out short carbines, such as artillerymen or horse-soldiers would use.

    Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore George Manville Fenn 1870

  • A remainder of dull red fire prolonged the half-day above the mountain strongholds of the former owners of the soil, upon which prince and bard and priest, and grappling natives never wanting for fierceness, roared to-arms in the beacon-flames from ridge to peak: and down they poured, and back they were pushed by the inveterate coloniser -- stationing at threatened points his old 'artillerymen' of those days and so it ends, that bard and priest and prince; holy poetry, and divine prescription, and a righteous holding; are as naught against him.

    Celt and Saxon — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • 'artillerymen' of those days and so it ends, that bard and priest and prince; holy poetry, and divine prescription, and a righteous holding; are as naught against him.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • 'artillerymen' of those days and so it ends, that bard and priest and prince; holy poetry, and divine prescription, and a righteous holding; are as naught against him.

    Celt and Saxon — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868

  • Union artillerymen had become accustomed to firing over the heads of their advancing infantry, employing a means of indirect fire that would prove invaluable in the twentieth century and beyond.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • Union artillerymen had become accustomed to firing over the heads of their advancing infantry, employing a means of indirect fire that would prove invaluable in the twentieth century and beyond.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • Currently, his site has some astounding pictures of U.S. artillerymen working their 155 mm howitzer beneath the stars.

    Archive 2010-01-01 Edstock 2010

  • Our infantrymen and artillerymen, who are poorly trained in target identification . . . conducted their fire in disorganized fashion and frequently without any observation.7

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • Our infantrymen and artillerymen, who are poorly trained in target identification . . . conducted their fire in disorganized fashion and frequently without any observation.7

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • We speak as infantrymen, truck drivers, medics, artillerymen, supply sergeants, and civil and public affairs officers, professions whose success depends on good relations with a deeply religious Muslim population.

    Iraq, Afghan Veterans Call For Respect For Muslims: 'America, You Gotta Have Our Back' (EXCLUSIVE) 2010

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