flier
19
4.2
- noun
- /ˈflaɪər/
- US
:
piloto
- Amatsia wants to be a flier, but the British will never let him.
- frequent fliers
- high fliers
- Navy fliers
Examples
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You're wise to remember that it is the flier who's important.
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I was already a flier and rolling higher by the day.
Fiction book (2002) -
They are the top fliers in all of Africa.
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Few commercial fliers experience that kind of discomfort much anymore.
Academic text (2002) -
Flamingos are strong but rare swimmers and powerful fliers, even though they're most often seen just wading.
Blog text (2) -
Successive generations of paragliders, with winglike membranes that allow fliers to surf the winds, have long since rendered the older chutes obsolete.
Academic text (2011) -
As a skilled flier, she demonstrated impressive maneuvers during the airshow.
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After many years of training, David finally became a commercial flier.
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The experienced flier guided the aircraft smoothly through the turbulent weather.
Synonyms
∞
2.9
A person who flies a plane or guides a ship safely
109
3.3
A person who travels by plane or pilots one
37
4.6
A person who flies a plane or other aircraft
1
3.2
A person who flies a plane and has a licence
Compounds
How Experienced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Flier comes from the simple verb fly, which means 'to move through the air'. It first named someone who 'flies' a plane or other aircraft, so a flier is a person who operates or pilots an aircraft.