aviator
/ˈeɪvɪeɪtə
/noun
1chiefly dated A pilot.The Air Force currently suffers from a critical shortage of aviators for manned aircraft....
- Nevertheless, the first Cirus Design entry continues to make friends among new pilots and old aviators alike.
- The first enlisted aviators were trained by pilots who learned from the Wright brothers.
2 [as modifier] trademark in the UK Denoting a style of sunglasses having a thin wire frame and large lenses: he has a short grey beard and wears a flannel shirt, jeans, and aviator glasses...
- The other one was Jeffrey, a short pudgy guy with wire framed aviator glasses, bushy eyebrows and a penchant for wearing flip flops even when it was cold out.
- We saw a deeply tanned, muscular young man wearing aviator glasses.
- An example of metal frame shades are aviator glasses, which are among Spring's Must-Haves, made popular by Ray-Ban.
2.1 (aviators) A pair of aviator sunglasses: I wear aviators, but it’s purely because they are practical sunglasses as opposed to being fashion accessories...
- The most stylish sunglasses this season are military chic aviators, but wrap-arounds and 50s style shades are cool too.
- Get in the shade with the best shields, wraparounds, aviators, and rimless frames, and all eyes will be on you.
- For something more subtle and different from the classic plastic frames, there are these Toreadior aviators with swarovski crystals on the side.
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