POWDER MONKEY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("powder monkey" is a kind of...):

assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)

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