bombardier

Meanings

1. A bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs.
2. A non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr.
3. An artilleryman; a gunner.
4. A bombardier beetle.

1. A surname from French.

1. An enclosed passenger vehicle, propelled over snow and ice by caterpillar tracks and steered by skis, whose actual original product name was Auto-Neige™/Snowmobile™, made by Bombardier Ltée.

Etymology

Partly borrowed from Italian bombardiere, from bombarda + -iere, and partly from Middle French bombardier, from bombard + -ier. By surface analysis, bombard + -ier.