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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

launcher

· IPA /ˈlɑnt͡ʃ.ɚ/
01 n. a device capable of launching a rocket.
  1. 1.
    a device capable of launching a rocket.
  2. 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. rocket launcher. — Syn. -- catapult.