jetliner

[jet-lahy-ner]

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noun

a commercial jet plane for carrying passengers.

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Origin of jetliner

First recorded in 1945–50; jet¹ + (air)liner

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Examples from the Web for jetliner

Contemporary Examples

The Boeing jetliner had 295 people on board and was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
Latest News on Malaysian Airliner Reportedly Shot Down Over Ukraine
The Daily Beast
July 17, 2014
Jetliner bombing plot August 2006 Twenty-four suspects arrested for plotting to blow up 10 U.S. jetliners with liquid explosives.
Forty-Five Foiled Terror Plots Since 9/11
John Avlon
September 9, 2011
That's a record dating back to the advent of the jetliner itself.
What Pilots Fear
Patrick Smith
September 3, 2009

Historical Examples

All she'd lose was one day, and it might be a bit of a vacation if she enjoyed flying in a jetliner at sixty thousand feet.
Highways in Hiding
George Oliver Smith
Nurse Gloria Farrow waved at me from the ramp of the jetliner, and I ran forward to collect her baggage.
Highways in Hiding
George Oliver Smith

British Dictionary definitions for jetliner

jetliner

noun

a commercial airliner powered by jet engines

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