mortarman

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noun

A man who operates a mortar (weapon).

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Meanings

nounmortarman (plural mortarmen)

plural mortarmen

  1. A man who operates a mortar (weapon).

    “We have seen in the last three months a significant improvement in the capability of mortarmen and rocketeers to provide accurate fire into the Green Zone and other places,” he said in Baghdad.

    2007 July 27, Stephen Farrell, “Bomb Kills 25 in Baghdad After U.S. Cites Security Success”, in New York Times

Origin

From mortar + -man.

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Translations

Finnish kranaatinheitinmies, heitinmies
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Polish moździerzysta
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Cite this entry
APA

mortarman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mortarman

MLA

“mortarman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mortarman. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mortarman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mortarman.

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