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Definition of Rocketeer
1. one that fires, pilots, or rides in a rocket [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rocketeer
Literary usage of Rocketeer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A French-English Military Technical Dictionary by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1899)
"... de cabestan, barrel of a windlass; d'emeu, axletree arm; in-«1«-!!. . Kn-ii
rocketeer; tía irt-uil, capstan barrel. a ..."
2. High Adventure: A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by James Norman Hall (1918)
"I suggested that we would like to know which of us was to be number 1. "That's right.
Drew, how would you like to be the first rocketeer? ..."
3. High Adventure: A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by James Norman Hall (1918)
"I suggested that we would like to know which of us was to be number I. "That's right.
Drew, how would you like to be the first rocketeer? ..."
4. The Life of William Scoresby by R.E. Scoresby-Jackson, R[obert] E[dmund] Scoresby- Jackson (1861)
"A small allowance in lateral position, to compensate for action of the wind on
the stick of the rocket, was made by the rocketeer according to his judgment ..."
5. The Life of William Scoresby by Robert Edmund Scoresby- Jackson (1861)
"A small allowance in lateral position, to compensate for action of the wind on
the stick of the rocket, was made by the rocketeer according to his judgment ..."
6. History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India: Till the Year A. D. 1612 by John Briggs (1829)
"... literally, rocketeer, because, in later times, they carried rockets on their
horses, and were employed in night-attacks to harass an enemy. ..."
7. History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India: Till the Year A. D. 1612 by John Briggs (1829)
"... literally, rocketeer, because, in later times, they carried rockets on their
horses, and were employed in night-attacks to harass an enemy. ..."
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