airman

[ air-muhn ]

noun

, plural air·men.

1. an aviator.
2. U.S. Air Force. an enlisted person of one of the three lowest ranks airmanbasic, airman, airmanfirstclass. : Amn
3. a member of a military aircrew.
4. (in other countries) an enlisted person in the air force.

airman

/ ˈɛəmən /

noun

1. an aviator, esp a man who serves in his country's air force

Derived Forms

• ˈairˌwoman, noun:feminine

Word History and Origins

Origin of airman¹

1870–75, for an earlier sense; air ¹ + -man, on the model of seaman

Example Sentences

We talk about four pillars of an airman in comprehensive airmen fitness.

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But her mood soured, she says, when another airman made an inappropriate sexual comment.

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Together, they began pressuring her leaders to do right by the young Airman.

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That was when “instinct kicked in,” said Chief Master Sergeant James Ross, a friend and fellow airman from the 152nd Airlift Wing.

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A staff sergeant and loadmaster in charge of U.S. Air Force bombs and munitions, Loverde was a model airman.

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It is not always the airman, in these days of camouflage, who brings word of ammunition trains or of new batteries.

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He knew they had seen him disappearing and, airman like, they would remain awhile to bask in the sunlight and "dry off."

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Especially, when, two nights following Ruths coming to the hospital, a German airman dropped several bombs near the institution.

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Over the Channel the winds were almost always very severe, and they represented the greatest danger the airman had to face.

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So the happy day finally arrived when he was permitted to enlist as a student airman.

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