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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket;
[syn: launcher, rocket launcher]

2. a device that launches aircraft from a warship;
[syn: catapult, launcher]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

launcher \launcher\ n. 1. a device capable of launching a rocket. Syn: rocket launcher. [WordNet 1.5] 2. A device which launches aircraft from an aircraft carrier; -- it provides additional velocity to the airplane, to supplement that from the airplane's engines, so that the airplane rapidly achieves a velocity sufficient to sustain it in flight when taking off. Syn: catapult. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

launcher n 1: armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket [syn: launcher, rocket launcher] 2: a device that launches aircraft from a warship [syn: catapult, launcher]