"aviator" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aviator.wav [Southern-England] Forms: aviators [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French aviateur. By surface analysis, avi- + -ator Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|fr:aviateur|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "aviateur", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "aviator", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="aviator"> Borrowed from French aviateur., {{surf|en|avi-|-ator}} By surface analysis, avi- + -ator Head templates: {{en-noun}} aviator (plural aviators)
  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. Translations (aircraft pilot): طَيَّار (ṭayyār) [masculine] (Arabic), лё́тнік (ljótnik) [neuter] (Belarusian), авія́тар (avijátar) [masculine] (Belarusian), авія́тарка (avijátarka) [feminine] (Belarusian), авиа́тор (aviátor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), авиа́торка (aviátorka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), aviador [masculine] (Catalan), кеманхо (kemanxo) (Chechen), пилот (pilot) (Chechen), 飛行員 /飞行员 (fēixíngyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), letec [masculine] (Czech), aviatik [masculine] (Czech), pilot [common-gender] (Danish), lentäjä (Finnish), pilotti (Finnish), aviateur [masculine] (French), aviatrice [feminine] (French), aviador [masculine] (Galician), Flieger [masculine] (German), Fliegerin [feminine] (German), αεροπόρος (aeropóros) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), ιπτάμενος κροίσος (iptámenos kroísos) [masculine] (Greek), aviator (Indonesian), penerbang (Indonesian), juru terbang (Indonesian), pilot (Indonesian), lentäjä (Ingrian), pilotta (Ingrian), eitleoir [masculine] (Irish), aviatore [masculine] (Italian), aviatrice [feminine] (Italian), juruterbang (Malay), flyger [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lotnik [masculine] (Polish), awiator [archaic, masculine] (Polish), aviador [masculine] (Portuguese), aviadora [feminine] (Portuguese), aviatriz [feminine] (Portuguese), aviator [masculine] (Romanian), aviatoare [feminine] (Romanian), авиа́тор (aviátor) [masculine] (Russian), aviador [masculine] (Spanish), aviadora [feminine] (Spanish), manlilipad (Tagalog), авіа́тор (aviátor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), авіа́торка (aviátorka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), אַוויאַטאָר (avyator) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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  2. (obsolete) An experimenter in aviation. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-aviator-en-noun-GW2Y3Rvq Categories (other): Aviation Disambiguation of Aviation: 10 78 11
  3. (obsolete) A flying machine. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-aviator-en-noun-dWX0qLmc Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ator Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ator: 48 9 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flier, flyer Hyponyms: aviatrix [feminine, specifically] Derived forms: aviator glasses, aviator shades, aviator sunglasses, aviatress Related terms: aviate, aviation Coordinate_terms: aeronaut, aircrew, pilot
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "aircraft pilot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aviadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "aircraft pilot",
      "word": "manlilipad"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "aviátor",
      "sense": "aircraft pilot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "авіа́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "aviátorka",
      "sense": "aircraft pilot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "авіа́торка"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "avyator",
      "sense": "aircraft pilot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אַוויאַטאָר"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aviator"
}

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