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artilleryman

[ahr-til-uh-ree-muhn] / ɑrˈtɪl ə ri mən /


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William Miller, an English artilleryman, joined the Peruvian fight against imperial Spain and became a pivotal figure in Peru’s bid for independence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Robert spent 10 years in the Royal Horse Artillery after signing up in 2006, working as an artilleryman firing guns and then being promoted to bombardier.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025

Their oldest brother, Rudy, was also a Vietnam War veteran, an artilleryman.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2023

Wagner’s founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said Dmitry Peskov had approached him and asked him to take his son on as an artilleryman.

From Reuters ● Apr. 23, 2023

A spotter reads coordinates into the headpiece, and an artilleryman repeats them back.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

A crackling sound on the radio sends instructions to artillerymen waiting inside a US-made M-109 Paladin howitzer.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2023

The artillerymen moved quickly to load their gun, toiling in the heat of a sunny June day.

From Reuters ● Jun. 19, 2023

“We’re pulling artillerymen out of the fight to learn these howitzers and then we’re putting them back in.”

From Washington Times ● May 20, 2022

The feminine presence on the predominantly male work sites is Saint Barbara, the patron saint of tunnelers, miners, artillerymen and others who work with explosives.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2018

On the third afternoon of the siege of Saint-Malo, the shelling lulls, as though all the artillerymen abruptly fell asleep at their guns.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr


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