1
: a soldier or airman who operates or aims a gun
2
: one who hunts with a gun
3
: a warrant officer who supervises ordnance and ordnance stores
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Netherlands Ministry of Defense Last year, Norway's Princess Ingrid Alexandria finished 15-months of service as a gunner in an engineering battalion.
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Frank Andrews, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Imagine how Trump’s words affected the mother of Danish machine-gunner Sophia Bruun, killed in action in 2010 at the age of 22, who fought alongside British army troops in the battlefront province of Helmand.
—Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
Other cast includes Perah Bar Miniely (False Flag) and first-timer Bar Assraf who served as a tank-gunner in the actual unit the film is inspired by and who fought on October 7th.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
The commander appears to have also doubled as a gunner.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
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Frank Andrews, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Imagine how Trump’s words affected the mother of Danish machine-gunner Sophia Bruun, killed in action in 2010 at the age of 22, who fought alongside British army troops in the battlefront province of Helmand.
—Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
Other cast includes Perah Bar Miniely (False Flag) and first-timer Bar Assraf who served as a tank-gunner in the actual unit the film is inspired by and who fought on October 7th.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
The commander appears to have also doubled as a gunner.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Gunner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunner. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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gunner
noun
gun·ner
ˈgən-ər 
1
: one who operates or aims a gun
2
: one who hunts with a gun
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