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aviator
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun aviator has 1 sense
- aviator(n = noun.person) aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer - someone who operates an aircraft; Array has particulars: airwoman, aviatress, aviatrix, airplane pilot, pilot, 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
is a kind of skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker
Derived form verb aviate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
aviator, n.
- An experimenter in aviation. [1913 Webster]
- A flying machine. [1913 Webster]
- The driver or pilot of an aircraft, especially of an airplane. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
aviator, n. (fem. aviatrix) an airman or airwoman.
Etymology
F aviateur f. L avis bird
ROGET THESAURUS
aviator
Mariner
N sailor, mariner, navigator, seaman, seafarer, seafaring man, dock walloper, tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A, B, man-of-war's man, bluejacket, galiongee, galionji, marine, jolly, midshipman, middy, skipper, shipman, boatman, ferryman, waterman, lighterman, bargeman, longshoreman, bargee, gondolier, oar, oarsman, rower, boatswain, cockswain, coxswain, steersman, pilot, crew, aerial navigator, aeronaut, balloonist, Icarus, aeroplanist, airman, aviator, birdman, man-bird, wizard of the air, aviatrix, flier, pilot, test pilot, glider pilot, bush pilot, navigator, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, crew, astronaut, cosmonaut, parachutist, paratrooper.
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