"wizzo" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wizzos [plural]
Etymology: From the colloquial pronunciation of WSO (“weapon systems officer”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} wizzo (plural wizzos)
  1. (aviation, slang) A weapon systems officer. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Aviation Synonyms: Wizzo

Noun [Old High German]

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *witō. Etymology templates: {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*witō}} Proto-West Germanic *witō Head templates: {{head|goh|noun|||||g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} wizzo m, {{goh-noun|m}} wizzo m Inflection templates: {{goh-decl-noun-n-m|wizz}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], wizzo [nominative, singular], wizzon [nominative, plural], wizzun [nominative, plural], wizzon [accusative, singular], wizzun [accusative, singular], wizzon [accusative, plural], wizzun [accusative, plural], wizzen [genitive, singular], wizzin [genitive, singular], wizzōno [genitive, plural], wizzen [dative, singular], wizzin [dative, singular], wizzōm [dative, plural], wizzōn [dative, plural]
  1. wise man Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-wizzo-goh-noun-OKQ0CbTC Categories (other): Old High German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "These comments on the latest generation of High-Tech-Attack aircraft, the McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle, come front Captain Mark 'Bones' Wetzel, a senior Wizzo and a Flight Commander with the 334FW, the 'Fighting Eagles', part of the recently formed 4th Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina.",
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          "ref": "2013, David Lyons, Blood Game: A Jock Boucher Thriller, New York, N.Y. […]: Emily Bestler Books, →ISBN, page 8:",
          "text": "The pilot explained the function and purpose of the screens and monitors and impressive equipment that were the responsibility of weapons systems officers, or \"wizzos,\" as they were called.",
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        {
          "ref": "2018, S. E. Soldwedel, Disintegration, Oakland, C.A.: Inkshares, Inc., →ISBN, page 327:",
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