von braun

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von braun - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  von Braun
      n 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) [syn: Braun, von Braun, Wernher von Braun
           , Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun]