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rocketeer

[ rok-i-teer ]

noun

  1. a person who discharges, rides in, or pilots a rocket.
  2. a technician or scientist whose work pertains to rocketry.


rocketeer

/ ˌɒɪˈɪə /

noun

  1. an engineer or scientist concerned with the design, operation, or launching of rockets
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rocketeer1

First recorded in 1825–35; rocket 1 + -eer
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Negron’s stylistic and storytelling influences are varied: from the retro technology and stylish imagery of “The Rocketeer” to a Southern Gothic aesthetic born of a Baptist upbringing.

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She had small roles in prestigious movies like “The Rocketeer,” “The Firm,” “Lorenzo’s Oil” and “Nobody’s Fool.”

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Even so, it’s hard to see von Braun’s transition from Nazi rocketeer to American hero as anything less than astonishing.

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Sorvino was a mainstay in films and television for more than 50 years, playing an Italian American communist in Warren Beatty’s “Reds,” Henry Kissinger in Oliver Stone’s “Nixon” and mob boss Eddie Valentine in “The Rocketeer.”

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He followed those with roles in “The Rocketeer,” “The Firm,” “Nixon,” which got him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, and Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet” as Juliet’s father, Fulgencio Capulet.

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