Meaning

3 senses
  1. An aircraft pilot, especially a military pilot. The use of the word may imply claims of superior airmanship, as in navy aviator vs. air force pilot.

    Flieger, Fliegerin

    авиа́торaviátor

    авіа́торaviátor, авіа́торкаaviátorka

  2. (obsolete)An experimenter in aviation.

  3. (obsolete)A flying machine.

More definitions
  • someone who operates an aircraft

Examples

3 sentences
  1. He tells everyone his dad is an aviator.

    ruОн всем говорит, что его отец - лётчик.

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  2. Aviators aviate planes and pilots pilot planes, but planors nor planes plane planes.

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  3. Mary is an aviator.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
aircraft pilot:
Русский
By meaning 1
aircraft pilot:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
aircraft pilot:

Origin

Borrowed from French aviateur.

Borrowed from French aviateur.

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Forms

plural: aviators
Singularaviator
Pluralaviators

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
flyerflier
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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