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bombardier
1550s, soldier with a bombard, from Fr.
bombardier
, from
bombard
(see
bombard
). In 17c.-18c. of soldiers who manned artillery (especially mortars and howitzers); meaning "one who aims the bombs in an aircraft" is attested 1932, Amer.Eng.
