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[ ey-vee-ey-ter, av-ee- ] / ˈeɪ viˌeɪ tər, ˈæv i- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR aviator ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna pilot of an airplane or other heavier-than-air aircraft. aviators, aviator glasses. Origin of aviator1885–90; <French aviateur. See aviation, -eur Words nearby aviatoraviary, aviate, aviation, aviation cadet, aviation medicine, aviator, aviator glasses, aviatrix, Avicebrón, Avicenna, avicularium Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for aviatorHe may look Top Gun, with his flight suit and aviator shades, but beneath the façade lays a man torn to pieces. Ethan Hawke's 'Good Kill': A Searing Indictment of America's Drone Warfare Obsession|Marlow Stern|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Meanwhile, it seems like Ted is taking his nice guy charms and aviator collection to sunny Los Angeles—for now. Where ‘Mad Men’ Left Off: A Primer for Season Seven|Amy Zimmerman|April 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Cordice was the son of a North Carolina doctor, but he had hoped to become an engineer and an aviator like Charles Lindbergh. The Black and White Men Who Saved Martin Luther King’s Life|Michael Daly|January 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST In 2004, she won again for The Aviator, which spanned the first half of the 20th century. Finally! ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ Is Hollywood’s First 1990s Period Piece|Andrew Romano|December 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But we can recognize that heavy-handed corruption ought to belong to the era of flamboyant comb-overs and aviator glasses. The Real Story and Lesson of the Abscam Sting in ‘American Hustle’|Jimmy So|December 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST The war has demonstrated very convincingly that the personal quality of the aviator often becomes the decisive factor. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War|Frederick A. Talbot The Germans still lying low, not a single German aviator could be seen at any time that morning. With the Ulster Division in France|Arthur Purefoy Irwin Samuels He dove below the swinging blow and tackled the aviator just above his knees. Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane|Dorothy Wayne In France there's a saying that to be an aviator one must be a bit "off." Flying for France|James R. McConnell How the aviator escaped will always remain a complete mystery. Over the Front in an Aeroplane and Scenes Inside the French and Flemish Trenches|Ralph Pulitzer
British Dictionary definitions for aviator
nounold-fashioned the pilot of an aeroplane or airship; flyer Derived forms of aviatoraviatrix or aviatress, fem nCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to aviatornavigator, flier, pilot, jockey, ace, eagle, hotshot, aeronaut, barnstormer |