airman

[ air-muhn ]

/ ˈɛər mən /

noun, plural air·men.

an aviator.

U.S. Air Force. an enlisted person of one of the three lowest ranks (airman basic, airman, airman first class ).Abbreviation: Amn

a member of a military aircrew.

(in other countries) an enlisted person in the air force.

Origin of airman

1870–75, for an earlier sense; air¹ + -man, on the model of seaman

Words nearby airman

air lock, air log, air-logged, airmada, airmail, airman, airmanship, Airman's Medal, air map, air marshal, air mass

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Example sentences from the Web for airman

We talk about four pillars of an airman in comprehensive airmen fitness.
U.S. Air Force: Swear to God—or Get Out|Dave Majumdar|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My uncle, Wendell Grimke Freeland, my mother's brother, is 83 years old and here at the Inauguration as a Tuskegee airman.
The Daily Beast D.C. Diary|The Daily Beast|January 19, 2009|DAILY BEAST
"Well, fate plays no small part in an airman's life," returned Tom.
Air Service Boys in the Big Battle|Charles Amory Beach
And now comes the moment when the airman, drawing back his elevating lever, seeks to raise his craft from the water into the air.
The Aeroplane|Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper

The airman goes out to seek his enemy: he must be full of initiative.
The War in the Air; Vol. 1|Walter Raleigh.
And some of them were chased by a British airman at a place called Ennemain.
From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917|Philip Gibbs
An airman, flying in a wind, is rather in the position of a man who puts to sea in a small boat when waves are high.
The Aeroplane|Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper

British Dictionary definitions for airman

airman

/ (ˈɛəmən) /

noun plural -men

an aviator, esp a man who serves in his country's air force

Derived forms of airman

airwoman, fem n

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单词	airman
释义	airman [ air-muhn ] / ˈɛər mən / noun, plural air·men. an aviator. U.S. Air Force. an enlisted person of one of the three lowest ranks (airman basic, airman, airman first class ).Abbreviation: Amn a member of a military aircrew. (in other countries) an enlisted person in the air force. Origin of airman 1870–75, for an earlier sense; air¹ + -man, on the model of seaman Words nearby airman air lock, air log, air-logged, airmada, airmail, airman, airmanship, Airman's Medal, air map, air marshal, air mass Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for airman We talk about four pillars of an airman in comprehensive airmen fitness. U.S. Air Force: Swear to God—or Get Out\|Dave Majumdar\|September 8, 2014\|DAILY BEAST My uncle, Wendell Grimke Freeland, my mother's brother, is 83 years old and here at the Inauguration as a Tuskegee airman. The Daily Beast D.C. Diary\|The Daily Beast\|January 19, 2009\|DAILY BEAST "Well, fate plays no small part in an airman's life," returned Tom. Air Service Boys in the Big Battle\|Charles Amory Beach And now comes the moment when the airman, drawing back his elevating lever, seeks to raise his craft from the water into the air. The Aeroplane\|Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper The airman goes out to seek his enemy: he must be full of initiative. The War in the Air; Vol. 1\|Walter Raleigh. And some of them were chased by a British airman at a place called Ennemain. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917\|Philip Gibbs An airman, flying in a wind, is rather in the position of a man who puts to sea in a small boat when waves are high. The Aeroplane\|Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper British Dictionary definitions for airman airman / (ˈɛəmən) / noun plural -men an aviator, esp a man who serves in his country's air force Derived forms of airman airwoman, fem n Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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