Definition of "launcher" []

• One that launches, as: (noun)
• A rifle attachment for firing grenades. (noun)
• A device, such as an attached tube or a portable unit, for firing rockets. (noun)
• An aircraft catapult. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The new mobile launcher is already being built and one of the pads already have new lightning towers for Constellation."
• "Developing a new, non-commercial launcher is going to keep failing because of simple economics."
• "The development cost of that heavy launcher is sunk. primarily thanks to its far better Russian engines"