artillerywoman

artillerywoman

English

Etymology

artillery +‎ woman

Noun

artillerywoman (plural artillerywomen)

1. (military) A female soldier who uses artillery.
   • 1871, Thomas Gibson Bowles, The Defence of Paris: Narrated as it was Seen, page 53:

     Her ordinary attire, she said, was in the way for an artillerywoman, and she asked permission to wear the male garb.