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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 aviatr [..]
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aviatorpilot of an aircraft.
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aviatora pilot who flies an aircraft
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aviatorA person practising flight by a medium heavier than air.
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aviator(n) someone who operates an aircraft
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aviatorNaval Aviator, which see. A pretty special person. Here's someone's summary of the type: "The average Navy pilot, despite the sometimes swaggering exterior, is very much capable of such [..]
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aviator
An aircraft pilot. The use of the word may imply claims of superior airmanship, as in ''navy aviator'' vs. ''air force pilot''.
(obsolete) An experimenter in aviation.
(obsolete) A flying machin [..]
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