a military aircraft designed to carry out bombing missions a person who plants bombs
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
bomb•er /ˈbɑmɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Militaryan airplane equipped to carry and drop bombs.
- Militarya person who drops or sets bombs, esp. as an illegal act:a bunch of mad bombers and revolutionaries.
bomb•er
(bom′ər),USA pronunciation n.
- Militaryan airplane equipped to carry and drop bombs.
- Militarya person who drops or sets bombs, esp. as an act of terrorism or sabotage.
- ClothingSee bomber jacket.
- bomb + -er1 1910–15
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'bomber' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
B, b
- B-
- B-1
- Bockscar
- Deighton
- Enola Gay
- Flying Fortress
- Harris
- Ilyushin
- Lancaster
- Liberator
- Stealth bomber
- Stuka
- Superfortress
- ban-the-bomber
- bomb bay
- bomb belt
- bombardier
- bomber jacket
- dauntless
- de Havilland
- dive bomber
- dive brake
- dive-bomb
- fighter
- fighter-bomber
- flyover
- heavy bomber
- homicide bomber
- kamikaze
- lb.
- light bomber
- medium bomber
- mosquito
- red line
- strike
- suicide
- suicide bomber
- survivable