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rocketeer

noun

Etymology

From rocket + -eer.

  1. derived from *rukkô✻ — “a distaff, a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it, used in spinning thread”
  2. derived from *rokkō✻
  3. derived from rocko — “spinning wheel”
  4. derived from rocchetta
  5. suffixed as rocketeer — “rocket + eer”

Definitions

  1. Somebody who designs, launches, operates, or travels in a rocket.

The neighborhood

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