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单词 rocketeer
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rocketeer

[ rok-i-teer ]
/ ˌrɒk ɪˈtɪər /
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noun

a person who discharges, rides in, or pilots a rocket.
a technician or scientist whose work pertains to rocketry.
Also rock·et·er [rok-i-ter]. /ˈrɒk ɪ tər/.

Origin of rocketeer

First recorded in 1825–35; rocket1 + -eer

Words nearby rocketeer

rocker panel, rockery, rocket, rocket airplane, rocket bomb, rocketeer, rocket engine, rocket gun, rocket launcher, rocket-propelled, rocket propulsion
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Example sentences from the Web for rocketeer

  • The rocketeer couldn't afford to risk the lives of his passengers.

    Instant of Decision|Gordon Randall Garrett
  • In the jargon of the rocketeer the great missiles were called "beasts" or "birds."

    The Scarlet Lake Mystery|Harold Leland Goodwin
  • I've been a rocketeer ever since I graduated from college, and I can't leave.

    The Scarlet Lake Mystery|Harold Leland Goodwin
  • It was an abbreviation for rocketeer, a title all of them had once carried.

    Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet|Harold Leland Goodwin

British Dictionary definitions for rocketeer

rocketeer
/ (ˌrɒkɪˈtɪə) /

noun

an engineer or scientist concerned with the design, operation, or launching of rockets
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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