aviationistn.
/ˌeɪvɪˈeɪʃn̩ɪst/, /ˌeɪvɪˈeɪʃənɪst/, U.S. /ˌeɪviˈeɪʃənəst/ An aircraft pilot, an aviator. Also: an aviation enthusiast.
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society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > person in control of aircraft or spacecraft > person in control of aircraft
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1895 Engineering 19 July 81/2 Mr Hargrave the Australian aviationist..now writes me in response to my inquiries.
1912 Pop. Mech. Nov. 650/1 If America is to regain her leadership, the zeal and powers of all her aviationists must have systematic direction and effective exercise.
1994 Financial Post (Canada) 18 June 20/5 There are plans under way to convert the Canadian airbase to a private landing field open to executive traffic and hobby aviationists.
2008 M. Andrews Fledgling Eagle xii. 389 Although the National Security Act gave the Army Air Force independence it was a compromise that satisfied neither aviationist nor sailor.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1895- to dindle the sky
- to dine and dash
- to dine forth
- to dine in
- to dine out
- to dine with duke humphrey
- to dine with st giles and the earl of murray
- to ding a person stupid
- to ding down
- to ding in staves
- to ding on
- to ding out
- to ding stupid
- to ding to dead
- to ding to death
- to ding up
- to dip deeply into one's purse, means
- to dip etc into one's purse, means
- to dip into
- to dip into one's purse, means
- to dip one's fingers in
- to dip one's fingers in a matter
- to dip one's pen in gall
- to dip one's toe in
- to dip one's toe in the water