aviator

Borrowed from French aviateur.

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aviator (plural aviators)

1. An aircraft pilot, especially a military pilot. The use of the word may imply claims of superior airmanship, as in navy aviator vs. air force pilot.
   • 2016 November 15, Karla Pequenino, “The women pilots that history forgot”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Ruth Elder was known for her beauty and acting, but her real dream was to become the female version of transatlantic aviator Charles Lindbergh.

   • 2024 October 20, Haley Britzky, “Two missing Navy aviators declared dead days after aircraft crash in Washington state”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     Two missing US Navy aviators have been declared dead, several days after their aircraft crashed near Mount Rainier, Washington, during a training flight, the Navy said Sunday.

2. (obsolete) An experimenter in aviation.
3. (obsolete) A flying machine.

• flier, flyer

• aviatrix (specifically female)

• aviator glasses
• aviator shades
• aviator sunglasses

Internationalism.

aviator (plural aviator-aviator)

1. (aviation) aviator, pilot: A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft

   Synonyms: aviator, juru terbang, penerbang, pilot

   Synonym: juruterbang (Standard Malay)

• “aviator” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from French aviateur.

• IPA^(key): /a.vi.aˈtor/

aviator m (plural aviatori, feminine equivalent aviatoare)

1. aviator

   Synonym: zburător

• femeie-aviator

• aviatic
• aviație

• “aviator”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025