the pilot of an aeroplane or airship; flyer a person who serves in a country's air force
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a•vi•a•tor /ˈeɪviˌeɪtɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- a pilot of an airplane or other heavier-than-air aircraft.
a•vi•a•tor
(ā′vē ā′tər, av′ē-),USA pronunciation n.
- a pilot of an airplane or other heavier-than-air aircraft.
- avi- + -ator, modeled on French aviateur 1885–90
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- Bennett
- Blériot
- Brown
- Byrd
- Cochran
- Doolittle
- Earhart
- Hughes
- Immelmann
- Johnson
- Langley
- Lilienthal
- Lindbergh
- Mitscher
- Nobile
- Richthofen
- Rickenbacker
- Saint-Exupéry
- Wilkins
- Yeager
- achievement
- airman
- aviator glasses
- aviatrix
- belly-land
- birdman
- bishop
- flier
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