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rocketeer

rocketeer

1 7.6
A person who designs, builds, or launches rockets
  • noun
  • /ˌrɑːkɪˈtɪr/
  • Specialized
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  • Gaza should come after the rocketeers with pitchforks and torches for drawing return fire.
  • amateur rocketeers
  • most rocketeers

Examples

  • Either it works, which foils Hamas' rocketeers, or it doesn't, which makes it a waste of money.

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  • How many did the rocketeers succeed in killing at the time?

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  • The rocketeer Charles Farmer was in fact training to be an astronaut... ...before he was discharged from the military.

  • Go crazy, throw tantrums, send deco rocketeer disasters out there if you must... but never.

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  • Once, when I visited Born in the 1950s to help him in his attempts to debunk the photon rocketeer Eugen Sanger, I mentioned that I was working on Jordan's theories.

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  • The rocketeer designed a new model of the rocket to enhance its performance.

  • Each rocketeer at the workshop shared their innovative ideas for launching small satellites.

  • Aspiring rocketeers must study engineering and physics to understand rocket design.

Synonyms

rocket scientist
vsrocketeer
  • Specialized
5 4.4

An engineer who designs, builds and tests rockets and spacecraft

focuses on specific vehicle types and includes hands on operation
rocket engineer
vsrocketeer
  • Specialized
1 4.8

A person who designs, builds, and tests rockets

also operates the vehicles rather than only doing technical work

How Specialized

rocket scientist
  • Specialized
5 4.4
rocketeer
  • Specialized
1 7.6
engineer
729 3.2
mechanic
188 2.3
technician
  • Specialized
184 3.7

Surface Forms

rocketeer singular
rocketeers plural

Morphology

rocketeer = rocket (transparent) = rocket + eer

The agentive suffix '-eer' attaches to 'rocket' to form a person associated with rockets, a straightforward derivation.

Etymology

The word rocketeer is made from rocket and the ending -eer, which means 'a person who does or works with something', as in engineer or musketeer. So a rocketeer is someone who designs, builds, or operates rockets.