CANNON FODDER

Meaning of CANNON FODDER in English

noun

Etymology: translation of German kanonenfutter

: soldiers who are subject to the risk of being wounded or killed by artillery fire

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

CANNON FODDER — noun Date: circa 1891 soldiers regarded or treated as expendable in battle, an expendable or exploitable person, group, or thing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CANNON FODDER — soldiers, esp. infantrymen, who run the greatest risk of being wounded or killed in warfare. [ 1890-95 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CANNON FODDER — people who are considered insignificant, people who are sacrificed in war
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CANNON FODDER — Date: circa 1891 1. : soldiers regarded or treated as expendable in battle 2. : an expendable or exploitable person, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CANNON FODDER — Function: noun Date: circa 1891 1 : soldiers regarded or treated as expendable in battle 2 : an expendable or …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CANNON FODDER — ■ noun soldiers regarded merely as material to be expended in war.
Concise Oxford English vocab
CANNON FODDER — [cannon fodder] n (ca. 1891): soldiers regarded or treated as expendable in battle
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CANNON FODDER — noun [ U ] soldiers who are thought of not as people whose lives are important, but as material to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CANNON FODDER — ˈcannon ˌfodder BrE AmE noun [uncountable] ordinary soldiers whose lives are not considered to be very important, and who are …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CANNON-FODDER — see cannon fodder
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CANNON FODDER — also cannon-fodder If someone in authority regards people they are in charge of as cannon fodder , they do not …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CANNON FODDER — also cannon-fodder If someone in authority regards people they are in charge of as ~, they do not care if …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CANNON-FODDER — see cannon fodder
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CANNON FODDER — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Between them the eight runners had won three races; they were racing's cannon fodder . …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CANNON FODDER — пушечное мясо пушечный мясо
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CANNON-FODDER — сущ. пушечное мясо пушечное мясо cannon-fodder пушечное мясо
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CANNON(-)FODDER — ( n ) пушечное мясо
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CANNON-FODDER — _n. пушечное мясо
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CANNON-FODDER — пушечное мясо
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CANNON FODDER — пушечное мясо
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CANNON FODDER — (n) пушечное мясо
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CANNON(-)FODDER — ( n ) пушечное мясо
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CANNON(-)FODDER — ( n ) пушечное мясо
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CANNON FODDER — пушечное мясо
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CANNON FODDER — пушечное мясо
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CANNON-FODDER — сущ. пушечное мясо
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CANNON FODDER — пушечное мясо
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CANNON-FODDER — сущ. пушечное мясо
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CANNON FODDER — пушечное мясо
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CANNON-FODDER — _n. пушечное мясо
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CANNON-FODDER — n. пушечное мясо
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
CANNON-FODDER — пушечное мясо
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
CANNON FODDER — пушечное мясо
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
CANNON-FODDER — _n. пушечное мясо
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
CANNON-FODDER — сущ. пушечное мясо пушечное мясо cannon-fodder пушечное мясо
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CANNON FODDER — пушечное мясо пушечный мясо
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CANNON — n 1. gun, cannon; 2. barrel (= metal tube of a rifle, gun, etc.)
Interlingua English vocab
FODDER — forrage
English interlingue dictionary
FODDER — noun see: food Date: before 12th century something fed to domestic animals, inferior or readily available material used to supply …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CANNON — Long-range artillery piece, as distinguished from other big gun s such as the howitzer or mortar . Early cannons, appearing …
Английский словарь Британика
FODDER — I. ˈfädə(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fōdor, foddor — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CANNON — I. ˈkanən noun ( plural cannons or cannon ) Etymology: Middle French canon, from Italian cannone, literally, large tube, aug. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FODDER — (v.t.) To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.;to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.
Английский словарь Webster
FODDER — (n.) That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
Английский словарь Webster
FODDER — (n.) A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19/ to 24 …
Английский словарь Webster
CANNON — (v. i.) To discharge cannon.
Английский словарь Webster
CANNON — (pl. ) of Cannon
Английский словарь Webster
CANNON — ( pl. ) of Cannon
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FODDER — /fod"euhr/ , n. 1. coarse food for livestock, composed of entire plants, including leaves, stalks, and grain, of such forages …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CANNON — /kan"euhn/ , n. , pl. cannons , ( esp. collectively ) cannon , v. n. 1. a mounted gun for …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FODDER — v. give food to livestock (i.e. hay, straw)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CANNON — I. ˈka-nən noun ( plural cannons or cannon ) Etymology: Middle English canon, from Anglo-French, from Old Italian cannone, literally, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FODDER — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fōdor; akin to Old High German fuotar food — more at food Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FODDER — noun that which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, ·etc. 2. fodder (·vt) to …
Webster English vocab
CANNON — pl of cannon. 2. cannon ·add. ·vi to discharge cannon. 3. cannon ·noun a kind of type. ·see canon. 4. …
Webster English vocab
FODDER — [fod.der] n [ME, fr. OE fodor; akin to OHG fuotar food--more at food] (bef. 12c) 1: something fed to domestic …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CANNON — [can.non] n, pl cannons or cannon [MF canon, fr. It cannone, lit., large tube, aug. of canna reed, tube, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CANNON — big gun, howitzer, or mortar, as distinguished from a musket, rifle, or other small arm. Modern cannon are complex mechanisms …
Britannica English vocabulary
FODDER — fodder BrE AmE ˈfɒd ə AmE \ ˈfɑːd ə r
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CANNON — cannon, C\~ BrE AmE ˈkæn ən ▷ cannon|ed d ▷ cannon|ing ɪŋ ▷ cannon|s z ▶ ˈ cannon ˌ fodder …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FODDER — / ˈfɒdə(r); NAmE ˈfɑːd-/ noun [ U ] 1. food for horses and farm animals 2. ( disapproving ) (often …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CANNON — / ˈkænən; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ( pl. can·non or can·nons ) 1. an old type of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FODDER — fod ‧ der /ˈfɒdə $ ˈfɑːdər/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: fodor ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CANNON — I. can ‧ non 1 /ˈkænən/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: French ; Origin: canon , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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