Definition of Bombardier

Bom`bar`dier´
n.1.(Mil.) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner.
Bombardier beetle
(Zool.) a kind of beetle (Brachinus crepitans), so called because, when disturbed, it makes an explosive discharge of a pungent and acrid vapor from its anal glands. The name is applied to other related species, as the Brachinus displosor, which can produce ten or twelve explosions successively. The common American species is Brachinus fumans.


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aerial photographer, aircrew, aircrewman, artillerist, artilleryman, avigator, belly gunner, bomb thrower, bomber, cannoneer, crew, crew chief, flight attendant, flight crew, gunner, hostess, machine gunner, meteorologist, navigator, steward, stewardess

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