airwoman
noun
a woman who pilots an aircraft.
airwomen
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pluralof airwoman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
The young airwomen truly did adore their commander.
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
They called the airwomen in their Po-2s “heavenly creatures”; male pilots called them “little sisters.”
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
