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airwoman

American  
[air-woom-uhn] / ˈɛərˌwʊm ən /

noun

airwomen plural
  1. a woman who pilots an aircraft.


Gender

Is it airwoman or airperson? See -woman.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of airwoman

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

Example Sentences

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

From BBC Jul. 30, 2022

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

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

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

So the airwomen of the 46th Guards improvised a way to get their planes into the air.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

She wasn’t reaching out to airwomen in particular, but she was certainly including them, as she urged the youth of the Soviet Union to fight for their Motherland.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

At the end of the evening, Galya and the other airwomen begged Klava to dance for them.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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