air-minded
Americanadjective
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interested in aviation or aeronautics.
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favoring increased use of aircraft.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- air-mindedness noun
Etymology
Origin of air-minded
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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Their title-clinching game with the De troit Lions was a fair sample of how the air-minded Rams operate.
From Time Magazine Archive
So last week reasoned many an air-minded U.S. investor, offered stock in Roosevelt Field, Inc., at $18 a share.
From Time Magazine Archive
Latin Americans have been air-minded almost from the first days of flight.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just as ground armies must be air-minded, so must air forces be ground-minded.
From Time Magazine Archive
“They’d better get the Army on the job before those babies get air-minded again!” he told himself, as he winged on into the rising sun.
From Spawn of the Comet by Rich, H. Thompson (Harold Thompson)
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