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Definition of Airman
1. Noun. Someone who operates an aircraft.
Specialized synonyms: Airwoman, Aviatress, Aviatrix, Airplane Pilot, Pilot
Generic synonyms: Skilled Worker, Skilled Workman, Trained Worker
Specialized synonyms: Bennett, Floyd Bennett, Bleriot, Louis Bleriot, Cochran, Jacqueline Cochran, Doolittle, James Harold Doolittle, Jimmy Doolittle, Amelia Earhart, Earhart, Howard Hughes, Howard Robard Hughes, Hughes, Charles A. Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Charles Lindbergh, Lindbergh, Lucky Lindy, Billy Mitchell, Mitchell, William Mitchell, Post, Wiley Post
Derivative terms: Airmanship, Aviate, Fly, Fly
Definition of Airman
1. n. A man who ascends or flies in an aircraft; a flying machine pilot.
Definition of Airman
1. Noun. A pilot of an aircraft ¹
2. Noun. A member of an air force ¹
3. Noun. A rank in the U.S. Air Force above Airman Basic and below Airman First Class. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Airman
1. an aviator [n AIRMEN] - See also: aviator
Lexicographical Neighbors of Airman
Literary usage of Airman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practices and Procedures of the Investigating Services of the Deparment edited by Strom Thurmond (1998)
"The 24 hours does not jibe with my son's meeting with airman Fugett at ...
airman Fugett has also given both verbal, taped, and written statements that my ..."
2. The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and Their ...by Algernon Graves by Algernon Graves (1905)
"1896. 1469 Over the Hills to Glenorchy. 10, Forth Street, Edinburgh. 1903.
1331 Etching after Sir H. Rae- burn, RA 1904. 1394 Warkworth. airman, William. ..."
3. Textbook of Naval Aeronautics by Henry Woodhouse (1917)
"If successful the airman is now given a quartermaster's (aeroplanes) certificate.
7. ... Upon the completion of this course the airman shall be given an ..."
4. Aëroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot (1915)
"CHAPTER XIII TRICKS AND RUSES TO BAFFLE THE airman THE airman has not been allowed
to hold his undisputed sway in military operations for long. ..."
5. Poems of the Great War by John William Cunliffe (1916)
"THE airman WILD wind, and drear, beneath the pale stars blowing, Whom do you hunt
to-night ? ... airman ..."
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