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missileer

American  
[mis-uh-leer] / ˌmɪs əˈlɪər /

noun

  1. missileman.


missileer British  
/ ˌmɪsaɪˈlɪə /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of missileer

missile + -eer


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“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.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2023

What’s notable about those reported numbers is that the missileer community is very small.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2023

A missileer typically wakes at dawn, attends briefings and drives with another missileer — sometimes for more than an hour — to a ranch house ringed by razor wire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2014

In his paper, “Reviving a Culture of Disciplined Compliance in Air Force Nuclear Operations,” Stanley called for missileer incentive pay.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 9, 2014

To aim any missile with accuracy, a missileer must know his own geographic position within a fraction of a mile.

From Time Magazine Archive

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