tommy gunner

English

Etymology

From Tommy gun +‎ -er

Noun

tommy gunner (plural tommy gunners)

1. (military) An operator of a Tommy gun.
   • 1949 March and April, P. C. Allen, “Journey to Corinth”, in Railway Magazine, page 116:

     We followed some minutes later in the same formation, but with a much reinforced armed guard; in my carriage there were two tommy-gunners and two riflemen, though, after they had been persuaded to put their weapons in the rack, we all felt better.

References

• “tommy gunner”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.