"weaponsman" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From weapons + -man.",
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          "ref": "1974, Lauran Paine, Saladin; a man for all ages, page 13:",
          "text": "Crusaders were kings, lords, wretches, children, women, weaponsmen, churchmen, hermits, harlots, adventurers.",
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          "ref": "1976, Lauran Paine, The Invisible World of Espionage, page 73:",
          "text": "The Secret Intelligence section was made up of a truly amazing coterie of people, from spies and demolition experts to skilled linguists in every known language, vastly skilled weaponsmen, clandestine radio experts, para-military commandos, experts in every kind of mayhem -- mostly silent, naturalized, loyal Americans who had been born in every enemy country, and groups of combat-commandos, the best available to accompany secret agents into enemy country as protectors.",
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        {
          "ref": "1985, Robert E. Vardeman, Blood fountain, page 35:",
          "text": "In the next instant six of the weaponsmen went down, their cries of alarm drowning the Challing's laughter as he ran down a dark alley at the heels of his fellow thief.",
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        "A member of a group that is armed with and has the job of using some type of weapon."
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          "ref": "1960, Tri-service Conference on Job Qualifications Analysis, page 5:",
          "text": "For example, a fairly new rating in the Navy is that of nuclear weaponsman. Before this rating was established, a very thorough analysis of enlisted duties in nuclear weapons units was made.",
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        {
          "ref": "1980 Winter, “New Canadfian Forces Exchange Officer Arrives at NEDU”, in Faceplate, volume 11, page 5:",
          "text": "LT Coulombe was commissioned from the ranks in 1969, after 11 years enlisted as an underwater weaponsman.",
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        {
          "ref": "1982, Sentinel - Volumes 18-19, page IVI:",
          "text": "The division also maintains a mockup ASROC (antisub rocket) mounting, to train weaponsmen from west coast ships fitted with ASROC.",
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        {
          "ref": "1998, Dennis J. Cummings, The Men Behind the Trident: Seal Team One in Vietnam, page 226:",
          "text": "We had three automatic-weaponsmen in a SEAL squad at that time. Two carried Stoners, and one had an M-60. 1 was a little too small for the M-60, but I could shoot the Stoner well.",
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        {
          "ref": "1990, John Lansing, Nguy-Hiem War Zone, page 57:",
          "text": "Laden with mortars, ammo, and a Browning .50-caliber heavy machine gun, the heavy weaponsmen lumbered after the two to the position Gunnar had chosen.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, J. C. Doherty, The shock of war:",
          "text": "On the hill to the northeast of the crossroads and the N-32, the 3rd Battalion's provisional company of rifle and light weaponsmen do not know what is going on.",
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        "A soldier who is a specialist in a specific type of weapon."
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        "(military, usually qualified by a type of weapon) A soldier who is a specialist in a specific type of weapon."
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          "text": "The Secret Intelligence section was made up of a truly amazing coterie of people, from spies and demolition experts to skilled linguists in every known language, vastly skilled weaponsmen, clandestine radio experts, para-military commandos, experts in every kind of mayhem -- mostly silent, naturalized, loyal Americans who had been born in every enemy country, and groups of combat-commandos, the best available to accompany secret agents into enemy country as protectors.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1980 Winter, “New Canadfian Forces Exchange Officer Arrives at NEDU”, in Faceplate, volume 11, page 5:",
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        },
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          "text": "The division also maintains a mockup ASROC (antisub rocket) mounting, to train weaponsmen from west coast ships fitted with ASROC.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1998, Dennis J. Cummings, The Men Behind the Trident: Seal Team One in Vietnam, page 226:",
          "text": "We had three automatic-weaponsmen in a SEAL squad at that time. Two carried Stoners, and one had an M-60. 1 was a little too small for the M-60, but I could shoot the Stoner well.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1990, John Lansing, Nguy-Hiem War Zone, page 57:",
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        "(military, usually qualified by a type of weapon) A soldier who is a specialist in a specific type of weapon."
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