airwoman

American  

[air-woom-uhn] / ˈɛərˌwʊm ən /

noun

• airwomen
  plural

1. a woman who pilots an aircraft.

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Gender

Is it airwoman or airperson? See -woman.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• airwomen
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of airwoman

First recorded in 1910–15; air ¹ + -woman

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

airwoman airwomen

Why was this honour questioned in some quarters, including by the airwoman herself?

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2022

Aviator Earhart was still relatively unskilled in flying when she became famous as an airwoman.

From Time Magazine Archive

At dawn the world's No. 1 airwoman climbed into her Lockheed Vega, warmed the big Wasp engine while soldiers herded horses, cows, goats, Mexicans out of the way.

From Time Magazine Archive

When an airwoman for the 587th gave a concert for her companions, her comrades made her a white silk dress out of parachute fabric to wear while she sang.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Canada has six CF-18 fighter jets, two surveillance planes, a refueling tanker aircraft and 600 airmen and airwomen based in Kuwait as part of the mission.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 7, 2015

The bill would also give colonel's rank to handsome, energetic Jacqueline Cochran, now chief of the WASPs, and one of the ablest of U.S. airwomen.

From Time Magazine Archive

They called the airwomen in their Po-2s “heavenly creatures”; male pilots called them “little sisters.”

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Now everybody discovered that the call to arms was being led by the famous Marina Raskova, and that she was specifically looking for airwomen.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Just as it's difficult to count the Motherland’s complete death toll, it’s difficult to verify exactly how many Soviet airwomen were killed during the Great Patriotic War.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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