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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bombardier \Bom`bar*dier"\, n. [F. bombardier.] (Mil.) a One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner. [Archaic] b A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery. {Bombardier beetle} (Zo["o]l.), 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 {B. displosor}, which can produce ten or twelve explosions successively. The common American species is {B. fumans}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bombardier n 1: a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery 2: the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target
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