different between gunner vs archer

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English gonner; equivalent to gun +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???n.?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???n.?(?)/
• Homophones: gonna (non-rhotic accents)
• Rhymes: -?n?(?)

Noun

gunner (plural gunners)

1. (military) Artillery soldier, or such who holds private rank. Abbreviated Gnr.
2. A person who operates a gun.
3. (figuratively) An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition.
4. (American football) A player on the kicking team whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner.
5. (Britain, slang, soccer) A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.
6. The great northern diver or loon.
7. (Britain, Ireland, dialect) The sea bream, especially Pagellus bogaraveo (blackspot sea bream)
8. (basketball) A player who can reliably shoot baskets.

Derived terms

• kiss the gunner's daughter

Descendants

• Cebuano: gunner

Translations

Etymology 2

Contraction

gunner

1. (rare) Alternative spelling of gonna

Etymology 3

Reborrowing from Cebuano gunner, ultimately from English gunner.

Noun

gunner (plural gunners)

1. (regional, Cebu, slang) The person designated to pour drinks in a drinking session.

Cebuano

Etymology

From shot (“a measure of alcohol”); the doer of a shot is a shooter, a gunner is a shooter.

Noun

gunner

1. the person designated to pour drinks in a drinking session

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:gunner.

Descendants

• ? English: gunner

Middle English

Noun

gunner

1. Alternative form of gonner

Spanish

Noun

gunner m or f (plural gunners)

1. Gunner (someone associated with Arsenal Football Club)

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???(?).t??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???t??/
• Homophone: Archer
• Rhymes: -??(r)t??(r)

Etymology 1

from Middle English archer, archere, from Old French archier, from Latin arc?rius, alteration of arcu?rius, from Latin arcus (“bow”). Displaced native Old English s?ytta.

Noun

archer (plural archers)

1. One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.

   Synonyms: bowman, crossbowman, marksman, toxophilite, toxotes

2. (historical, obsolete) The bishop in chess.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Adjective

archer

1. comparative form of arch: more arch

Anagrams

• charre

French

Etymology

From arche, a variant of arc (“bow”) + -er, or from Middle French archier, from Old French archier, from Late Latin arc?rius, alteration of arcu?rius, from Latin arcus (“bow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.?e/

Noun

archer m (plural archers, feminine archère)

1. archer

Further reading

• “archer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).