aviator

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

/ ˈeɪ viˌeɪ tər, ˈæv i- /

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noun

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

aviators, aviator glasses.

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Origin of aviator

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

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He may look Top Gun, with his flight suit and aviator shades, but beneath the façade lays a man torn to pieces.
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But we can recognize that heavy-handed corruption ought to belong to the era of flamboyant comb-overs and aviator glasses.
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The war has demonstrated very convincingly that the personal quality of the aviator often becomes the decisive factor.
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The Germans still lying low, not a single German aviator could be seen at any time that morning.
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He dove below the swinging blow and tackled the aviator just above his knees.
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In France there's a saying that to be an aviator one must be a bit "off."
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How the aviator escaped will always remain a complete mystery.
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British Dictionary definitions for aviator

aviator

/ (ˈeɪvɪˌeɪtə) /

noun

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

Derived Formsaviatrix or aviatress, fem n

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Word Origin and History for aviator

aviator

"aircraft pilot," 1887, from French aviateur, from Latin avis (see aviary) + -ateur. Also used c.1891 in a sense of "aircraft." Feminine form aviatrix is from 1927; earlier aviatrice (1910), aviatress (1911).

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