"frequent flyer" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-frequent flier.ogg Forms: frequent flyers [plural], frequent flier [alternative, US]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} frequent flyer (plural frequent flyers)
  1. A person who flies frequently on commercial airliners.
    Sense id: en-frequent_flyer-en-noun-y5IN7R1K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Aviation, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 6 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 3 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 2 33 Disambiguation of Aviation: 70 15 15 Disambiguation of People: 33 36 31
  2. (informal, idiomatic, somewhat derogatory) Someone who is habitually a nuisance. Tags: derogatory, idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-frequent_flyer-en-noun-6bqt0UKM Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 33 36 31
  3. (medicine, slang, idiomatic, derogatory) A patient who frequents a health facility, with minor or malingering-type presentations. Tags: derogatory, idiomatic, slang
    Sense id: en-frequent_flyer-en-noun-C9sIFpqD Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 6 43 Disambiguation of People: 33 36 31 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Travel Disambiguation of Travel: 0 0 0

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