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WERNHER MAGNUS MAXIMILIAN VON BRAUN
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• WERNHER MAGNUS MAXIMILIAN VON BRAUN (noun)
The noun WERNHER MAGNUS MAXIMILIAN VON BRAUN has 1 sense:
1. United States rocket engineer (born in Germany where he designed a missile used against England); he led the United States Army team that put the first American satellite into space (1912-1977)
Familiarity information: WERNHER MAGNUS MAXIMILIAN VON BRAUN used as a noun is very rare.
• WERNHER MAGNUS MAXIMILIAN VON BRAUN (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States rocket engineer (born in Germany where he designed a missile used against England); he led the United States Army team that put the first American satellite into space (1912-1977)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Braun; von Braun; Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun; Wernher von Braun
Instance hypernyms:
rocket engineer; rocket scientist (an engineer who builds and tests rockets)
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