soarern.
/ˈsɔːrə/, U.S. /ˈsɔrər/ 1. One who or that which soars, in various senses.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun] > one who or that which
ariser1382
risera1500
mounter1581
ascendant1593
ascender1623
assurgent1791
soarer1852
the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > [noun] > soaring > one who or that which
soarer1852
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person
gemc1275
blooma1300
excellence1447
mirrorc1450
man of mena1470
treasure?1545
paragon1548
shining light1563
Apollo's swan?1592
man of wax1597
rara avis1607
Titan1611
choice spirita1616
excellency1725
inestimable1728
inimitable1751
cock of the walk1781
surpasser1805
shiner1810
swell1816
trump1819
tip-topper1822
star1829
beauty1832
soarer1895
trumph1895
pansy1899
Renaissance man1906
exemplum virtutis1914
museum piece1920
superman1925
flyer1930
pistol1935
all-star1949
1852 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel IV. xii. xii. 75 Noiseless soarers into gloomy air out of Stygian deeps.
1895 Advance (Chicago) 19 Dec. 902/3 Though in eloquence a high soarer, in thought he digs deep.
1900 W. Wright in M. W. McFarland Papers W. & O. Wright (1953) I. 34 Hawks are better soarers than buzzards.
1910 Times 18 May 14/5 The albatross is pre-eminently the gliding soarer of the bird kingdom.
1978 Sci. Amer. July 102/1 Those master soarers, the great albatrosses.
2. An aircraft designed for soaring.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > glider > [noun]
gliding machine1896
glider1897
aerodone1907
soarer1909
aviette1912
sailplane1922
rotochute1946
1909 Flight 20 Feb. 110/1 For a machine heavier-than-air, the true distinctive expression should decidedly be, ‘flying machine’, comprising ‘flyers’, ‘gliders’, ‘soarers’, &c.
1931 V. W. Pagé Henley's ABC Gliding & Sailflying viii. 164 The primary training or school machines..are gliders rather than soarers.
1941 S. P. Johnston Horizons Unlimited 30 Sailplanes or soarers are simply light and efficient gliders that may be made to take advantage of up currents of air to attain altitudes far above their launching points.
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