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発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /wɛpəˈnɪə/

名詞

weaponeer (複数形 weaponeers)

1. (US) Someone who makes weapons, especially nuclear weapons.

   Synonym: armsmaker

   • 2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin, published 2013, page 57:

     Von Neumann, who believed that mathematics grew best when nourished by ‘a certain contact with the strivings and problems of the world,’ became a great friend of the weaponeers.

2. A member of an aircrew responsible for the weapons.

関連する語

• (maker of weapons): weaponsmith

動詞

weaponeer (三人称単数 現在形 weaponeers, 現在分詞 weaponeering, 過去形および過去分詞形 weaponeered)

1. (military) To provide with appropriate weaponry for use against the chosen targets.