"missileer" meaning in All languages combined

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        "2": "missile",
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  "etymology_text": "From missile + -eer.",
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    {
      "form": "missileers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "missileer (plural missileers)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "July 1956, Naval Aviation News page 5",
          "text": "Scientists at the Center are quick to point out that in launching of missiles, the missileer must be right"
        }
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        "One who launches missiles."
      ],
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          "missile"
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        {
          "ref": "13 March 2014, US air force documents reveal 'rot' in culture of nuclear weapons officers, The Guardian",
          "text": "Launch officers, or missileers, entrusted with the keys to the missiles did poorly and, on their own, would have flunked, the records show."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2025 February 14, Sarah Matusek, Alfredo Sosa, “Deep underground, missileers watch over America’s nuclear weapons”, in The Christian Science Monitor:",
          "text": "Two missileers rush to the console; strap into their seats; notice their hearts are racing but choose to ignore that; whip out classified codebooks; chip away at a decryption to confirm the command; think of loved ones above off to school or home from work; steady frantic fingers; wake silos from their sleep; place a left hand on a switch and a right hand on a key (if the commander); place two hands on two separate switches (if the deputy); focus on the mission, the mission, the mission; and should one missileer object, two other crews, miles from here, will step in and authorize the launch.",
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        "One who designs or works with missiles."
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          "missile",
          "missile"
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      "word": "missileman"
    }
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  "word": "missileer"
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  "etymology_text": "From missile + -eer.",
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        {
          "ref": "July 1956, Naval Aviation News page 5",
          "text": "Scientists at the Center are quick to point out that in launching of missiles, the missileer must be right"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who launches missiles."
      ],
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        [
          "missile",
          "missile"
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        {
          "ref": "13 March 2014, US air force documents reveal 'rot' in culture of nuclear weapons officers, The Guardian",
          "text": "Launch officers, or missileers, entrusted with the keys to the missiles did poorly and, on their own, would have flunked, the records show."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2025 February 14, Sarah Matusek, Alfredo Sosa, “Deep underground, missileers watch over America’s nuclear weapons”, in The Christian Science Monitor:",
          "text": "Two missileers rush to the console; strap into their seats; notice their hearts are racing but choose to ignore that; whip out classified codebooks; chip away at a decryption to confirm the command; think of loved ones above off to school or home from work; steady frantic fingers; wake silos from their sleep; place a left hand on a switch and a right hand on a key (if the commander); place two hands on two separate switches (if the deputy); focus on the mission, the mission, the mission; and should one missileer object, two other crews, miles from here, will step in and authorize the launch.",
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