aviator

[ey-vee-ey-ter, av-ee-]

noun

1. a pilot of an airplane or other heavier-than-air aircraft.

2. aviators, aviator glasses.

aviator

/ ˈeɪvɪˌeɪtə /

noun

1. old-fashioned,  the pilot of an aeroplane or airship; flyer

Other Word Forms

• aviatrix noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of aviator¹

1885–90; < French aviateur. See aviation ( def. ), -eur ( def. )

Example Sentences

Wednesday near Shelter Island after its two aviators ejected.

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Navy jet crashed into the water in San Diego Harbor on Wednesday after its two aviators ejected, authorities said.

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He wore his customary aviators, chinos and an untucked shirt.

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She charmed the aviator and later turned her brush with espionage into an autobiographical screenplay.

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She and Grant agreed on his backstory as an academic whose heyday was in the ’80s, when double denim and aviator glasses were in vogue.

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Related Words

• flier 
• navigator 
• pilot