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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :   [ easton ]

  Artillery
     1 Sam. 20:40, (Heb. keli, meaning "apparatus;" here meaning
     collectively any missile weapons, as arrows and lances. In
     Revised Version, "weapons"). This word is derived from the Latin
     artillaria = equipment of war.
     

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Artillery \Ar*til"ler*y\, n. [OE. artilrie, OF. artillerie,
     arteillerie, fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and
     apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of
     any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns,
     ordnance; OF. artillier to work artifice, to fortify, to arm,
     prob. from L. ars, artis, skill in joining something, art.
     See Art.]
     1. Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows,
        and arrows. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad. --1
                                                    Sam. xx. 40.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars,
        howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls,
        bombs, and shot of all kinds.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The word is sometimes used in a more extended sense,
           including the powder, cartridges, matches, utensils,
           machines of all kinds, and horses, that belong to a
           train of artillery.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     3. The men and officers of that branch of the army to which
        the care and management of artillery are confided.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. The science of artillery or gunnery. --Campbell.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Artillery park, or Park of artillery.
        (a) A collective body of siege or field artillery,
            including the guns, and the carriages, ammunition,
            appurtenances, equipments, and persons necessary for
            working them.
        (b) The place where the artillery is encamped or
            collected.
  
     Artillery train, or Train of artillery, a number of
        pieces of ordnance mounted on carriages, with all their
        furniture, ready for marching.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Artillery \Ar*til"ler*y\, n. [OE. artilrie, OF. artillerie,
     arteillerie, fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and
     apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of
     any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns,
     ordnance; OF. artillier to work artifice, to fortify, to arm,
     prob. from L. ars, artis, skill in joining something, art.
     See Art.]
     1. Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows,
        and arrows. [Obs.]
  
              And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad. --1
                                                    Sam. xx. 40.
  
     2. Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars,
        howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls,
        bombs, and shot of all kinds.
  
     Note: The word is sometimes used in a more extended sense,
           including the powder, cartridges, matches, utensils,
           machines of all kinds, and horses, that belong to a
           train of artillery.
  
     3. The men and officers of that branch of the army to which
        the care and management of artillery are confided.
  
     4. The science of artillery or gunnery. --Campbell.
  
     Artillery park, or Park of artillery.
        (a) A collective body of siege or field artillery,
            including the guns, and the carriages, ammunition,
            appurtenances, equipments, and persons necessary for
            working them.
        (b) The place where the artillery is encamped or
            collected.
  
     Artillery train, or Train of artillery, a number of
        pieces of ordnance mounted on carriages, with all their
        furniture, ready for marching.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  artillery
       n 1: large but transportable armament [syn: heavy weapon, gun,
             ordnance]
       2: an army unit that uses big guns [syn: artillery unit]
       3: a means of persuading or arguing; "he used all his
          conversational weapons" [syn: weapon]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  artillery
     Αγγλικά n.
     το πυροβολικό

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  artillery
     n.
     1 Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but
  also (w: rocket artillery).
     2 An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using
  projectile weapons, such as archers.
     3 gunnery. <!--which sense? how is this distinct from other senses
  here?-->
     4 (lbl en archaic) weapons.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  artillery
     n.
     1 Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but
  also (w: rocket artillery).
     2 An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using
  projectile weapons, such as archers.
     3 gunnery. <!--which sense? how is this distinct from other senses
  here?-->
     4 (lbl en archaic) weapons.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  artillery
     n.
     1 Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but
  also (w: rocket artillery).
     2 An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using
  projectile weapons, such as archers.
     3 gunnery. <!--which sense? how is this distinct from other senses
  here?-->
     4 (lbl en archaic) weapons.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  artillery
     n.
     1 Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but
  also (w: rocket artillery).
     2 An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using
  projectile weapons, such as archers.
     3 gunnery. <!--which sense? how is this distinct from other senses
  here?-->
     4 (lbl en archaic) weapons.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  artillery
     Englanti n.
     tykistö

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  artillery
     Engelska n.
     (tagg kat=militärt språk=en) artilleri

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  artillery /ɑːtˈɪləɹi/
  artillerie

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Artillery /ɑːtˈɪləɹi/
  المدفعيّة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  artillery //ɑɹˈtɪləɹi// //ɑːˈtɪləɹi// 
  артиле́рия 2.
  army unit
   3.
  weapon
   4.
  gunnery (science)

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  artillery /ɑːtˈɪləɹi/
  dělostřelectvo

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  artillery /ɑːtˈɪləɹi/
  artilerie

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  artillery /ɑːtˈɪləɹi/
  Artillerie  [mil.]
        "self-propelled artillery"  - Panzerartillerie
   see: heavy artillery, atomic artillery, field artillery, foot artillery, locomotive artillery, mobile artillery
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  artillery /ɑːtˈɪləɹi/
  Artillerietruppe  [mil.]

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  artillery /ɑːtˈɪləɹi/
  
  πυροβολικό

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  artillery //ɑɹˈtɪləɹi// //ɑːˈtɪləɹi// 
  1. tykistöoppi
  gunnery (science)
  2. tykistö 2.
  weapon
   3.
  army unit

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  artillery /ɑːtiləriː/
  artillerie

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  artillery /ɑːtˈɪləɹi/ 
  1. तोपची सैनिक
        "Indian artillery fought excellently in the war."
  2. तोपखाना

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  artillery /ɑːtˈɪləɹi/
  artiljerija, artiljerijski, topništvo

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  artillery /ɑːtˈɪləɹi/
  tüzérség

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  artillery //ɑɹˈtɪləɹi// //ɑːˈtɪləɹi// 
  artileri
  weapon

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  artillery /ɑːtˈɪləɹi/
  artiglieria

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  artillery //ɑɹˈtɪləɹi// //ɑːˈtɪləɹi// 
  1. 特科, 砲兵隊
  army unit
  2. 大砲
  weapon

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  artillery /ɑːtˈɪləɹi/
  artilerija

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  artillery //ɑɹˈtɪləɹi// //ɑːˈtɪləɹi// 
  artilleri 2.
  army unit
   3.
  weapon

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  artillery /ɑ:ˈtɪlərɪ/ 
    artyleria

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  artillery /ɑːtiləriː/ 
  artilharia

From English-Russian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-rus ]

  artillery /ɑːtiləriː/
  артиллерия

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  artillery /ɑːtiləriː/
  artillería

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  artillery //ɑɹˈtɪləɹi// //ɑːˈtɪləɹi// 
  artilleri 2.
  army unit
   3.
  weapon

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  artillery /ɑːtˈɪləɹi/
  1. top gibi büyük harp siIâhları, ağır silâhlar
  2. topçu sınıfı
  3. topçuluk. artilleryman  topçu neferi

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɑɹˈtɪɫɝi/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 火炮,炮兵,炮术;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 火炮,炮兵,炮术

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