air piraten.

Brit.

/ˈɛː ˌpʌɪrət/, U.S.

/ˈɛr ˌpaɪrət/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: air n.¹, pirate n.

Etymology: < air n.¹ + pirate n. With sense 2 compare air piracy n.

†1. A bird of prey. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

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the world > animals > birds > bird of prey > [noun]

bird of prey1340

fowl of chase1340

fowl of prey1340

fowl of ravin1340

accipitera1398

mittell1457

mittane?a1513

esalon1572

boyter1578

talenter1620

prey-bird1777

raptor1783

flesh-bird1796

raptorial1856

air pirate1885

1885 O. W. Holmes Mortal Antipathy xxii. 254 A hawk..was raising her little brood of air-pirates.

2. A person who perpetrates an illegal or violent act using an aircraft; (in later use) esp. a hijacker of aircraft, a skyjacker.

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1910 Washington Post 2 June 6/3 Regulations..cannot reach the air pirate who launches his illegal cargo from any point of vantage he may see fit.

1915 Times 2 Feb. 8/1 German air ‘pirates’... Russia has decided to treat the bombardments of unfortified towns as an act of piracy.

1948 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 31 July 1/4 A rice paddy farmer turned air pirate..will be tried under the British flag.

1962 T. B. Ross & D. Wise U-2 Affair viii. 90 The Premier had ‘personally’ given the order to shoot down the American air ‘pirate’.

2001 Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times (Nexis) 27 Oct. a15 The air pirates..attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	air pirate
释义	air piraten. Brit. /ˈɛː ˌpʌɪrət/, U.S. /ˈɛr ˌpaɪrət/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: air n.¹, pirate n. Etymology: < air n.¹ + pirate n. With sense 2 compare air piracy n. †1. A bird of prey. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > bird of prey > [noun] bird of prey1340 fowl of chase1340 fowl of prey1340 fowl of ravin1340 accipitera1398 mittell1457 mittane?a1513 esalon1572 boyter1578 talenter1620 prey-bird1777 raptor1783 flesh-bird1796 raptorial1856 air pirate1885 1885 O. W. Holmes Mortal Antipathy xxii. 254 A hawk..was raising her little brood of air-pirates. 2. A person who perpetrates an illegal or violent act using an aircraft; (in later use) esp. a hijacker of aircraft, a skyjacker. ΚΠ 1910 Washington Post 2 June 6/3 Regulations..cannot reach the air pirate who launches his illegal cargo from any point of vantage he may see fit. 1915 Times 2 Feb. 8/1 German air ‘pirates’... Russia has decided to treat the bombardments of unfortified towns as an act of piracy. 1948 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 31 July 1/4 A rice paddy farmer turned air pirate..will be tried under the British flag. 1962 T. B. Ross & D. Wise U-2 Affair viii. 90 The Premier had ‘personally’ given the order to shoot down the American air ‘pirate’. 2001 Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times (Nexis) 27 Oct. a15 The air pirates..attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1885
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