weaponeer

plural weaponeers

1. USSomeone who makes weapons, especially nuclear weapons.

   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.

   2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin, published 2013, page 57

   Synonyms: armsmaker

2. A member of an aircrew responsible for the weapons.

present singular third person weaponeers · participle present weaponeering · participle past weaponeered · past weaponeered

1. governmentTo provide with appropriate weaponry for use against the chosen targets.