Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An enlisted rank in the US Air Force that is above airman basic and below airman first class.
- noun A person who holds this rank.
- noun An enlisted person in the US Navy working with aircraft.
- noun An aviator.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A man who ascends or flies in an aircraft; an aviator; an airplane pilot.
- noun an enlisted man in the air force; there are several grades.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
pilot of anaircraft - noun A member of an
air force - noun A
rank in the U.S. Air Force above Airman Basic and below Airman First Class.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who operates an aircraft
Etymologies
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Examples
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At one point during that period, there was a slight panic in the USAF ranks, at any rate — the first term airman re-enlistment rate for Arabic linguists for one entire year was 0%.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Arabic Language Expertise in the Military 2010
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We would like to include the poem sent to us by Sarah Parker McAdams, the sister of John R. Parker, the American airman from the “Queen Bee” aircraft of VPB-117 who was executed at Taipei on June 19, 1945.
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The face of the airman is blacked out by the U.S. Defense
Shelton, Charles E. 1990
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Intelligence Agency (DIA), but the presence of the photo in the file seems to indicate that the airman is Shelton.
Shelton, Charles E. 1990
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I NOTICE that apart from the widespread complaint that the German pilotless planes seem so unnatural (a bomb dropped by a live airman is quite natural, apparently), some journalists are denouncing them as barbarous, inhumane, and an indiscriminate attack on civilians.
As I Please 1944
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On another a man in airmans costume is fighting barehanded against a rat somewhat larger than a donkey.
Boys' Weeklies 1940
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It is a good service to provide for your listeners so we don't have to pause the show find whatever your looking at and then come back. aria on August 22, 2009 3: 04 pm intro is a cover of the airman stage on rockman 2. its called airman ga taosenai, u can find lots of versions of it on nico nico douga
Anime Pulse » Shows 2009
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At one point during that period, there was a slight panic in the USAF ranks, at any rate — the first term airman re-enlistment rate for Arabic linguists for one entire year was 0%.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Arabic Language Expertise in the Military 2010
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TPCMS Director reads a note from Charles Parker, brother of slain airman.
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The airman is the first U.S. fatality in Iraq this month.
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