Definition of Strafer

1. Noun. A combat pilot who strafes the enemy.

Generic synonyms: Combat Pilot
Derivative terms: Strafe

Definition of Strafer

1. one that strafes [n -S] - See also: strafes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strafer

straddle
straddle carrier
straddle carriers
straddled
straddler
straddlers
straddles
straddling
stradiot
stradiots
strads
strae
straes
strafe
strafed
strafer (current term)
strafers
strafes
straff
straffed
straffing
straffs
strafing
strag
straggle
straggled
straggler
stragglers
straggles
stragglier

Literary usage of Strafer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fighting the Flying Circus by Eddie Rickenbacker (1919)
"The Hun balloon strafer had a protective formation waiting for him. ... I lost all interest in the progress or existence of the balloon strafer that had ..."

2. Fighting the Flying Circus by Eddie Rickenbacker (1919)
"The Hun balloon strafer had a protective formation waiting for him. ... I lost all interest in the progress or existence of the balloon strafer that had ..."

3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1920)
"AEF IN spite of the fact that Lieutenant Frank Luke, Jr., of Phoenix, Arizona, is credited with having been the greatest balloon "strafer" of the war, ..."

4. The Federal Reporter: With Key-number Annotations by District of Columbia Court of Appeals, United States Commerce Court, Courts of Appeals (1890)
"In strafer v. Carr, 6 Fed. Rep. 466, an attempt was made to tax a docket fee upon a trial wherein the jury disagreed, and it was held by Judge SWING that ..."

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