aviatrix
Americannoun
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What's the difference between aviatrix and aviator? See -trix.
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Origin of aviatrix
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It is still legally named Bob Hope, after the entertainer, and not, to my perpetual surprise, for the aviatrix who helped to put it on the map, Amelia Earhart.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2023
Scientists said they were almost certain that bones found on a Pacific island in 1940 were those of aviatrix Amelia Earhart, who disappeared in 1937 while attempting to circumnavigate the globe.
From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2018
On this date in 1929, Lady Mary Heath, a British aviatrix, stopped in Yuma during her aerial tour of the United States.
From Washington Times • May 23, 2018
I see Lady Edith becoming a barnstorming aviatrix, but perhaps that’s for Season 4.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2012
And yet—this little madcap aviatrix disclosed a winning directness and simplicity which charmed and surprised him.
From Madcap by Gibbs, George
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