flyboy
noun
fly·boy ˈflī-ˌbȯi 
: a member of the air force
especially : an aircraft pilot
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Kilmer, who recently survived a bout with throat cancer, appears in the new film, but his Admiral Kazansky has left flyboy antics long behind. 
Clark Collis, EW.com, 9 May 2022 Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett are flyboy BFFs who love the same woman (Kate Beckinsale) – one dude gets with her when the other dies, and then that guy ends up alive, which makes everything awkward – in an infamously disappointing effort. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2022 Over the next two years, Jonathan Majors will play a cowboy, a flyboy, a boxer and Marvel’s newest supervillain. Angelique Jackson, Variety, 4 Nov. 2021 The spirit greets a firefighting pilot who dies and then has to help a fellow flyboy who falls in love with the late dude's girlfriend. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 9 June 2021 Released in 1986 and starring Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer and some other guy, the movie is a prime specimen of its era’s high-concept entertainment, full of movie-star bravado and flyboy bluster. Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2020 The legendary Paul Mantz was the principal stunt pilot, and the rest of the flyboys were made up of former World War I pilots. Susan King, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2020 Wedge Antilles flies again Speaking of Red Squadron, Luke’s fellow flyboy Wedge Antilles joins the climactic battle against the Final Order (the ultimate incarnation of the First Order). Oliver Gettell, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2019 Oscar Isaac, a movie star in his own right, charms as the reckless flyboy Poe Dameron. Alex Kane, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2019 See More
Clark Collis, EW.com, 9 May 2022 Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett are flyboy BFFs who love the same woman (Kate Beckinsale) – one dude gets with her when the other dies, and then that guy ends up alive, which makes everything awkward – in an infamously disappointing effort. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2022 Over the next two years, Jonathan Majors will play a cowboy, a flyboy, a boxer and Marvel’s newest supervillain. Angelique Jackson, Variety, 4 Nov. 2021 The spirit greets a firefighting pilot who dies and then has to help a fellow flyboy who falls in love with the late dude's girlfriend. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 9 June 2021 Released in 1986 and starring Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer and some other guy, the movie is a prime specimen of its era’s high-concept entertainment, full of movie-star bravado and flyboy bluster. Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2020 The legendary Paul Mantz was the principal stunt pilot, and the rest of the flyboys were made up of former World War I pilots. Susan King, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2020 Wedge Antilles flies again Speaking of Red Squadron, Luke’s fellow flyboy Wedge Antilles joins the climactic battle against the Final Order (the ultimate incarnation of the First Order). Oliver Gettell, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2019 Oscar Isaac, a movie star in his own right, charms as the reckless flyboy Poe Dameron. Alex Kane, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2019 See More Word History
First Known Use
1937, in the meaning defined above
flyboys
noun
as in pilots
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- pilots
- aviators
- airmen
- copilots
- barnstormers
- test pilots
- aces
- birdmen
- flyers
- bush pilots
- fliers
- skippers
- captains