Weaponeer

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /wÉ›pəˈnɪə/

Origin

From weapon + -eer.

Full definition of weaponeer

Noun

1. (US) Someone who makes weapons, especially nuclear weapons.
• 2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin 2013, p. 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.