missileman
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɪsaɪl ˌmæn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɪs(ə)l ˌmæn/
- Hyphenation: mis‧sile‧man
Noun[edit]
missileman (plural missilemen)
- A member of the military responsible for missile launches.
- 1961, The Rotarian, volume 99, number 4, page 41:
- 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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