Obs. Also cannonier. [humorously f. CANON1, after CANNONEER.] One who makes, cites, or interprets (ecclesiastical) canons; a canonist; a zealot or stickler for the canons.
1641. Curates’ Confer., in Harl. Misc. (Malh.), IV. 376. They are the curates, who are set to be Cannoniers.
1659. Baxter, Key Cath., xvii. 71. We turn this Canon against the Canoneers. Ibid. (1681), Search Schism., i. 1. The Diocesan-Militants, or Canoneers.
