skydivern.
/ˈskʌɪˌdʌɪvə/, U.S. /ˈskaɪˌdaɪvər/ A person who skydives.
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1952 Arizona Republic 28 July 8/8 Dorothy..plummeted to the ground before 700 near-hysterical spectators at initiation exercises of the Sky Divers' Club at Budd Lake airport... Another Sky Diver said, ‘this ends the club forever.’
1979 P. Niesewand Member of Club xii. 84 A flypast might be nice... How about some sky-divers? Everyone likes them.
2007 New Scientist 1 Sept. 54/1 A burble is the name skydivers give the wake they generate as they fall.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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