aviator
[ey-vee-ey-ter, av-ee-]
- a pilot of an airplane or other heavier-than-air aircraft.
- aviators, aviator glasses.
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Origin of aviator
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Examples from the Web for aviator
Contemporary Examples
He may look Top Gun, with his flight suit and aviator shades, but beneath the façade lays a man torn to pieces.
Ethan Hawke's 'Good Kill': A Searing Indictment of America's Drone Warfare ObsessionMarlow Stern
September 6, 2014
Meanwhile, it seems like Ted is taking his nice guy charms and aviator collection to sunny Los Angeles—for now.
Cordice was the son of a North Carolina doctor, but he had hoped to become an engineer and an aviator like Charles Lindbergh.
In 2004, she won again for The Aviator, which spanned the first half of the 20th century.
Finally! ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ Is Hollywood’s First 1990s Period PieceAndrew Romano
December 23, 2013
But we can recognize that heavy-handed corruption ought to belong to the era of flamboyant comb-overs and aviator glasses.
Historical Examples
What did it matter to her whether Urquhart qualified as an aviator or not?
Love and LucyMaurice Henry Hewlett
The aviator went out with him, and when they were outside he slapped him on the back.
The Boy Scouts on the TrailGeorge Durston
He suggested nothing to Greene; the rest was decidedly up to the aviator.
The Boy Scouts on the TrailGeorge Durston
"I did understand that he was making the flight himself," said the aviator in surprise.
Jack O' JudgmentEdgar Wallace
There is a French aviator here, but he has not got his machine, so I am afraid there is no hope for me.
'My Beloved Poilus'Anonymous
aviator
- old-fashioned the pilot of an aeroplane or airship; flyer
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Word Origin and History for aviator
n.
"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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