rocketeer
[ rok-i-teer ]
/ ˌrɒk ɪˈtɪər /
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/.
Words nearby rocketeer
rocket science,
rocket scientist,
rocket ship,
rocket sled,
rocket-propelled,
rocketeer,
rocketry,
rocketsonde,
rockeye,
rockface,
rockfall
Example sentences from the Web for rocketeer
The rocketeer couldn't afford to risk the lives of his passengers.
Instant of Decision |Gordon Randall GarrettIn the jargon of the rocketeer the great missiles were called "beasts" or "birds."
The Scarlet Lake Mystery |Harold Leland GoodwinI've been a rocketeer ever since I graduated from college, and I can't leave.
The Scarlet Lake Mystery |Harold Leland GoodwinIt 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