Definitions
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- noun A man who operates a
mortar (weapon).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Old Breed was written by Eugene Sledge, a genteel Alabama boy who served as a mortarman with K Company, 3rd Batallion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division.
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He didn't want to be a mortarman, though he wanted to be 11 Bravo.
'War' 2010
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Our mortarman has been shot through the thorax ....
Fighting Battles of Life and Death Peter R. Kann 2009
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"A dumb-ass mortarman has decided to leave the shelter of his hole to dig into the thermos of cold ice cream," Mr. Nylen writes.
Fighting Battles of Life and Death Peter R. Kann 2009
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My Grandfather served honorably in the 99th Division as an infantry soldier (80mm mortarman) from the Battle of the Bulge until VE Day.
Sound Politics: The Seattle Times Catches Up With Sound Politics 2006
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Marion Tyson, the former mortarman, clasped his hands and gazed across the room.
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Marion Tyson, the former mortarman, clasped his hands and gazed across the room.
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He fell on his belly, fired another round and then jumped on all fours against the nearest body, burrowing down behind it as a shield against the mortarman.
Two in Time Anderson, Poul 1970
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A ramjet mortarman with a shattered ankle peered warily over a tree stump, and counted himself the victor.
Two in Time Anderson, Poul 1970
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Moresby sat up and threw an angry brace of shots at the stumps, wanting to put the fear of God into the mortarman.
Two in Time Anderson, Poul 1970
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