English > flier: 3 senses > noun 2, person | Meaning | someone who operates an aircraft. |
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| Synonyms | aviator, aeronaut, airman, flyer |
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| Instances | Bennett, Floyd Bennett | United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928) |
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| Bleriot, Louis Bleriot | French aviator who in 1909 made the first flight across the English Channel (1872-1936) |
| Cochran, Jacqueline Cochran | United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980) |
| Doolittle, Jimmy Doolittle, James Harold Doolittle | United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993) |
| Earhart, Amelia Earhart | First woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928) |
| Hughes, Howard Hughes, Howard Robard Hughes | United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer |
| Lindbergh, Charles Lindbergh, Charles A. Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Lucky Lindy | United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974) |
| Mitchell, William Mitchell, Billy Mitchell | United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936) |
| Post, Wiley Post | United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935) |
| Narrower | aviatrix, airwoman, aviatress | A woman aviator |
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| pilot, airplane pilot | someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight |
| Broader | skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman | A worker who has acquired special skills |
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| Spanish | aeronauta, aviadora, aviador, piloto de aviación, piloto |
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| Catalan | aeronauta, aviador |
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| Verbs | fly | operate an airplane |
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