missileer

[mis-uh-leer]

noun

1. missileman.

missileer

/ ˌmɪsaɪˈlɪə /

noun

1. a serviceman or servicewoman who is responsible for firing missiles

Word History and Origins

Origin of missileer¹

missile + -eer

Example Sentences

“It’s frustrating to know they had thought of this back then,” said Doreen Jenness, whose husband, Jason Jenness, was a Malmstrom missileer who died of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2001 at the age of 31.

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A 1987 report talks about a missileer calling his commander to report a severe headache and lightheadedness.

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Their missileer friends used to tease them because they had a golden Labrador named Sierra, the same name as one of the capsules that Jason’s squadron operated.

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To Hawkins and fellow missileer Lt.

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In his inspector general complaint, former Malmstrom missileer Watts said there was asbestos in the floor tile as well, and that missileers also “routinely removed, handled and replaced these tiles as part of required survival equipment inventories.”

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