stunt pilot
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- noun
- /stʌnt ˈpaɪlət/
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piloto acrobático
- Charles Lindbergh: Mother, I've decided to become a barnstormer stunt pilot.
- Hollywood stunt pilots
Examples
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"He's just a stunt pilot.
Fiction book (1995) -
We may not be stunt pilots, but that doesn't change our ability to push the edge of the envelope in virtually everything we do.
Blog text (6) -
The stunt pilot wowed the crowd with his daring aerial maneuvers during the air show.
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After years of training, she finally became a stunt pilot, performing breathtaking tricks in front of thousands.
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At the exhibition, the stunt pilot showcased incredible flips and spins, thrilling the audience with each move.
Synonyms
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A pilot who does stunt flights to entertain people in towns
A pilot who does flying tricks at public shows
How Daring
- Archaic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is fully compositional: 'stunt' (a dangerous attention-seeking act) modifies 'pilot' (person who flies an aircraft), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a pilot who performs stunts. This head–modifier pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows straightforward English compounding, making the meaning immediately accessible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Stunt pilot comes from show performers: a stunt is a dangerous trick done to amaze people, and early airplane flyers copied those tricks in the sky. So a stunt pilot is a pilot who 'performs daring moves in the sky' to thrill a crowd.