plural of bombardier

plural of Bombardier

A surname from French.

(Canada) 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.

(Canada, US) A bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs. / (Canada, Britain) A non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr. / An artilleryman; a gunner.

plural of bombardier beetle

(military) A non-commissioned officer in an artillery regiment of some Commonwealth armies, equivalent to a lance corporal in the infantry.

A beetle whose defence mechanism enables it to eject a hot aqueous mixture of chemicals at predators. They come from a number of subfamilies: Carabinae (e.g., Brachinus crepitans), Metriinae (e.g., Stenaptinus insignis) and Paussinae (e.g., Goniotropis nicaraguensis).