gunneressとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

gunneress (複数形 gunneresses)

1. (nonstandard, rare) A female gunner.
   • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, または III), London: Chapman and Hall Limited, OCLC 1026761782, (please specify the book または page number):

     Away, then, away ! The seized cannon are yoked with seized cart-horses : brown-locked Demoiselle Theroigne, with pike and helmet, sits there as gunneress, "with haughty eye and serene fair countenance;" comparable, some think, to the Maid of Orleans.

   • 1909, Anatole France, The Life of Joan of Arc:

     ... France, the patroness of officers, the inimitable model of the pupils of Saint-Cyr, and the romantic Druidess, the inspired woman-soldier of the national guard, the patriot gunneress of the Republicans, ...