砲ほう兵へい

noun

artillery; gunner

Refers to the artillery branch of an army or to soldiers operating artillery pieces. In modern contexts, it is a military term.

• 彼かれは陸りく軍ぐんの砲ほう兵へいとして勤きん務むした。

  He served as an artilleryman in the army.

• 砲ほう兵へい部ぶ隊たい