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Definition of Rocketer
1. n. A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket.
Definition of Rocketer
1. Noun. (context: hunting) A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rocketer
1. one that designs or launches rockets [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rocketer
Literary usage of Rocketer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Shot by George Teasdale Teasdale-Buckell (1907)
"The author has seen sportsmen professing the faith of the rocketer, already
mentioned, supremely happy when standing 50 yards outside a covert and slaying ..."
2. The Complete English Wing Shot by George Teasdale Teasdale-Buckell (1907)
"The author has seen sportsmen professing the faith of the rocketer, already
mentioned, supremely happy when standing 50 yards outside a covert and slaying ..."
3. Shooting by Thomas de Grey Walsingham, Ralph Payne-Gallwey (1886)
"These are feats which no one ever saw the ' rocketer' perform. But on another
occasion my risibility was likewise gladdened to its inmost core by a fierce ..."
4. Shooting by Thomas de Grey Walsingham, Ralph Payne-Gallwey (1887)
"These are feats which no one ever saw the 'rocketer' perform. ... But alone—manly
or unmanly—he may as well try for the lost tribe as the ' rocketer,' which ..."
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