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soarer|ˈsɔərə(r)|
[f. soar v.]
1. One who or that which soars, in various senses.
1852Lytton My Novel xii. xii, Noiseless soarers into gloomy air out of Stygian deeps. 1895Advance (Chicago) 19 Dec. 902/3 Though in eloquence a high soarer, in thought he digs deep. 1900W. Wright in M. W. McFarland Papers W. & O. Wright (1953) I. 34 Hawks are better soarers than buzzards. 1910Times 18 May 14/5 The albatross is pre-eminently the gliding soarer of the bird kingdom. 1978Sci. Amer. July 102/1 Those master soarers, the great albatrosses.
2. An aircraft designed for soaring.
1909Flight 20 Feb. 110/1 For a machine heavier-than-air, the true distinctive expression should decidedly be, ‘flying machine’, comprising ‘flyers’, ‘gliders’, ‘soarers’, &c. 1931V. W. Pagé ABC of Gliding viii. 164 The primary training or school machines..are gliders rather than soarers. 1941S. P. Johnston Horizons Unlimited 30 Sailplanes or soarers are simply light and efficient gliders that may be made to take advantage of up currents of air to attain altitudes far above their launching points. |