Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who operates an aircraft; a pilot.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A flying-machine employing the principle of the aëroplane.
- noun One who directs the course of a flying-machine or who practises the art of flying or gliding through the air.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An experimenter in aviation.
- noun archaic A flying machine.
- noun The driver or pilot of an aircraft, especially of an airplane.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
aircraft pilot . The use of the word may imply claims of superiorairmanship , as in navy aviator vs. air force pilot. - noun obsolete An
experimenter inaviation . - noun obsolete A flying machine.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who operates an aircraft
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The term aviator (as opposed to "pilot" or other terms) was used more in the early days of aviation, before anyone had ever seen an airplane fly, and it had connotations of bravery and adventure.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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The term aviator (as opposed to "pilot" or other terms) was used more in the early days of aviation, before anyone had ever seen an airplane fly, and it had connotations of bravery and adventure.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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All Replies from speedycj wrote 1 year 1 week ago that was an instructional welcome to fly fishing video from some dude in aviator glasses ... good beginner video tho!
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In one corner, we have Gary Williams, in aviator shades and flight suit, entering to the theme from Top Gun.
Gary Williams in Top Gun, JTIII dancing Dan Steinberg 2010
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A pommie aviator is shot down trying to shut down a German war operation in Mexico.
Superhero Prose Fiction: Astounding Hero Tales - 07 Running Thunder Blue Tyson 2007
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A pommie aviator is shot down trying to shut down a German war operation in Mexico.
Archive 2007-10-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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A pommie aviator is shot down trying to shut down a German war operation in Mexico.
Archive 2007-10-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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A pommie aviator is shot down trying to shut down a German war operation in Mexico.
Superhero Prose Fiction: Unique - Astounding Hero Tales Blue Tyson 2007
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The new combatant commander, Admiral William Fallon, a carrier aviator, comes from a different tradition than the previous PACOM commander, Admiral Thomas Fargo, a submariner.
Managing China 2005
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The new combatant commander, Admiral William Fallon, a carrier aviator, comes from a different tradition than the previous PACOM commander, Admiral Thomas Fargo, a submariner.
Managing China 2005
oroboros commented on the word aviator
Sounds like the letters A V A T R.
October 28, 2009