- Medical students are aware of the fact that there are many gunners among themselves.
GUNNER
noun; back formation
students who study secretively so as to make other student think that they are not studying hard This word might have some relation to the word ‘gun.’ The author may have used ‘gunner’ to convey the meaning that such students are attacking others.
Source : Book “Her Own Medicine”
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