Braun n 1: the German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945) [syn: {Eva Braun}] 2: 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: {von Braun}, {Wernher von Braun}, {Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun}]