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missileman

noun
/ˈmɪsaɪl ˌmæn/UK/ˈmɪs(ə)l ˌmæn/US

Etymology

From missile + -man.

  1. borrowed from missile
  2. suffixed as missileman — “missile + man”

Definitions

  1. A member of the military responsible for missile launches.

    • The Air Force tries to keep exact launching times a secret, but with 20,000 missilemen in the area who know these times, the word gets around.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA