"frequent flyer" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-frequent flier.ogg Forms: frequent flyers [plural], frequent flier [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} frequent flyer (plural frequent flyers)
  1. A person who flies frequently on commercial airliners. Categories (topical): Travel
    Sense id: en-frequent_flyer-en-noun-y5IN7R1K Disambiguation of Travel: 62 4 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 5 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 4 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 2 33
  2. Someone who is habitually a nuisance.
    Sense id: en-frequent_flyer-en-noun-6bqt0UKM
  3. (medicine, slang, derogatory) A patient who frequents a health facility, with minor or malingering-type presentations. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): Medicine, Aviation, People
    Sense id: en-frequent_flyer-en-noun-C9sIFpqD Disambiguation of Aviation: 38 7 55 Disambiguation of People: 23 26 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 5 44 Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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